Epistemic Modality

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-959158-9
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

There is a lot that we don't know. That means that there are a lot of possibilities that are, epistemically speaking, open. For instance, we don't know whether it rained in Seattle yesterday. So, for us at least, there is an epistemic possibility where it rained in Seattle yesterday, and one where it did not. What are these epistemic possibilities? They do not match up with metaphysical possibilities - there are various cases where something is epistemically possible
but not metaphysically possible, and vice versa. How do we understand the semantics of statements of epistemic modality? The ten new essays in this volume explore various answers to these questions, including those offered by contextualism, relativism, and expressivism.

Zielgruppe

Academics, teachers, and students of philosophy of language, epistemology, and linguistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Egan, Andy

Weatherson, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Brian Weatherson and Andy Egan: Introduction: Epistemic Modals and Epistemic Modality
2: Frank Jackson: Possibilities for Representation and Credence: Two-Space-ism vs. One-Space-ism
3: David Chalmers: The Nature of Epistemic Space
4: Robert Stalnaker: Conditional Propositions and Conditional Assertions
5: Jonathan Schaffer: Perspective in Taste Predicates and Epistemic Modals
6: Kai von Fintel and Anthony Gillies: 'Might' Made Right
7: Kent Bach: Perspectives on Possibilities: Contextualism, Relativism, or What?
8: John MacFarlane: Epistemic Modals are Assessment-Sensitive
9: Seth Yalcin: Nonfactualism about Epistemic Modals
10: Eric Swanson: How Not to Theorize about the Language of Subjective Uncertainty
11: Stephen Yablo: A Problem about Permission and Possibility

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Egan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his BA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an MA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held positions at Western Washington University, the Australian National University, and the University of Michigan.

Brian Weatherson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published on a wide range of topics in philosophy, including decision theory, epistemology, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and aesthetics.