Modal combinatorialism is consistent with S5

John Taylor

doi:10.1002/tht3.401

Modal combinatorialism is consistent with S5

John Taylor

Philosophy

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Abstract

The combinatorial theory of modality has long been dogged by the supposed problem that it entails that S5 is not the correct logic for metaphysical modality. In this paper, I suggest a modification to combinatorialism, to eliminate this tension with S5. I argue that the resulting view is more in the spirit of combinatorialism than the original position.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-32
Number of pages	10
Journal	Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.401
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

combinatorialism
S5
modality
Armstrong
modal logic

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