| Unit name | The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Modality |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHIL30081 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Linnebo |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Philosophy |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Modal notions such as necessity and possibility are explicitly or implicitly involved in a great variety of claims that are made in ordinary life, science and philosophy. For instance, such notions are explicitly involved in our claims about what might and might not have happened. And they are implicitly involved in our claims about and analyses of notions such as causation, dispositions, supervenience, and logical consequence. However, modal notions give rise to various philosophical puzzles. How are such notions to be analysed? In terms of possible worlds? If so, then what are these possible worlds? How do we gain knowledge of modal truths? This course will explore the metaphysics and epistemology of modality.
