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Essays on the Metaphysics of Modality, M. Davidson (ed.), Oxford: Oxford UP. A handy collection of Plantinga’s work in the area, including Chapter 8 of Plantinga (1974). It also has Plantinga’s (1972) modal metaphysics, as well as his (1987) relevance objection to Lewis’ Realism.
This book is a collection of my essays, dating from 1969, concerning the metaphysics of modality. The first two chapters are a defense of the idea of modality de re against criticisms from William Kneale and W.V. Quine, and an elaboration on the notions of possible worlds and essences.
Collected here are some of his most important essays on this influential subject. Dating back from the late 1960's to the present, they chronicle the development of Plantinga's thoughts about some of the most fundamental issues in metaphysics: what is the nature of abstract objects like possible worlds, properties, propositions, and such phenomena?
Abstract My dissertation consists of three essays in the Metaphysics of Modality: In "A Puzzle about Truth and Singular Propositions," I consider two theses that seem to be true and then an argument for the conclusion that they form an inconsistent pair.
[1] This book consists of a collection of writings by Alvin Plantinga, arranged so as to give an overview of his views onmodal metaphysics. All parts of this book have beenpublished before, from 1969 to 1993. Most come from journal articles or collections of essays; some come from Plantinga’s earlier books. The book seems to be intended for use in graduate courses or by those who are not ...
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Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality Alvin Plantinga. Contents Contents Chapter 10 Two Concepts of Modality: Modal Realism and Modal Reductionism Get ...
