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Wildman's Defense of Sparse Modalism and a Dilemma of Post-Finean Modalism

Authors
Lee, Jaeho
Issue Date
Oct-2020
Publisher
SPRINGER
Keywords
Modalism; Essence; Grounding; Sparse modalism
Citation
AXIOMATHES, v.30, no.5, pp 531 - 547
Pages
17
Journal Title
AXIOMATHES
Volume
30
Number
5
Start Page
531
End Page
547
URI
https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/38114
DOI
10.1007/s10516-019-09469-4
ISSN
1122-1151
1572-8390
Abstract
Since K. Fine's influential criticism of modalism, many philosophers have agreed that we cannot understand the concept of essence with that of modality. However, some philosophers have resisted this mainstream position. In this paper, I examine N. Wildman's claim that, unlike other versions of modalism, his version of modalism, namely Sparse Modalism can save modalism. I will argue first that if we introduce the notion of grounding into this debates, Wildman's criticisms of other versions are significantly undermined. Next, I will argue that since Sparse Modalism has an implicit commitment to grounding Wildman cannot blame revising other versions modalism with the concept of grounding. From these claims, I will conclude that the prospect of the success of modalism in general is at best dubious. Without the concept of grounding no version of modalism can succeed and with the concept of grounding no version is well motivated.
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