Thinking of Necessity

NOTE EDITORE

Thinking of Necessity: A Kantian Account of Modal Thought and Modal Metaphysics sets out a Kant-inspired theory of modality, i.e., possibility and necessity. The theory is driven by a methodology which takes seriously questions about the function of modal judgment, i.e., the role or purpose of judgments of possibility and necessity, as a guide to a metaphysics of modality. Kant is a good example for how to develop this methodological approach since, for Kant, modal concepts play an important role in our capacity for thought and experience of the world. The book argues that we need logical modal concepts as a condition on our ability to think, and metaphysical modal concepts as a condition on our ability to think objectively, i.e., to think about the world. Concordant with this, it argues that logical necessity has its source in the laws of thought and that metaphysical necessity is relative to conditions on objective thought. This account of metaphysical necessity, which is termed “Modal Transcendentalism”, is then further developed, covering questions concerning necessary and contingent existence, de re necessity, essentialism, and modal epistemology. The theory of modality developed in the book is inspired by aspects of Kant's writings on modality, but the development and defence of the theory is undertaken mostly independently of Kant.

SOMMARIO

1 - A Methodology for Modality2 - Kant on Modality3 - The Function of Logical Necessity4 - The Source of Logical Necessity5 - Objectivity and Modality6 - What is Metaphysical Necessity?7 - Relative and Absolute Necessity8 - What is Metaphysically Necessary?9 - Essence, Existence and Modal Knowledge10 - Metaphysical Necessity in a Formal System

AUTORE

Jessica Leech joined the King's College London Philosophy department in September 2016. She was previously a lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and a Junior Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge. She did her doctorate jointly at the University of Sheffield and the University of Geneva (as part of the "Theory of Essence" research project based at the Eidos Centre for Metaphysics at the University of Geneva), supervised by Fabrice Correia and Bob Hale.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198873969
• Dimensioni: 240 x 20.0 x 160 mm Ø 542 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 272