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Vetter, Barbara (2015). Potentiality From Dispositions to Modality. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1. ModalityThe two familiar modalities: necessity (□) and possibility (◇)Modal phenomena: (1) laws of nature, (2) essences, (3) the counterfactual conditional, (4) causation, and (5) dispositions 2. Reductive vs. Non-reductive approaches ① A reductive approach: describe all of these phenomena in a..

Vetter, Barbara (2015). Potentiality From Dispositions to Modality. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1. The Variety of Potentiality: ① Potentiality classified as an ability: the ability to read English ② Potentiality not classified as an ability: the paper’s potential to burn ③ Dispositions: the vase’s fragility, a person’s irascibility, and an atom’s disposition to decay Potentials are often asc..

2023-2 Modal Logic (Segment 3) Q) Describe in some detail the different approaches to understanding possible worlds—e.g., out in Lycan’s discussion in “The Trouble with Possible Worlds”. What is the problem of how we know we are actual”? What are some main difficulties of and attempt at a combinatorial approach to possible worlds? What sense of “possible” seems more amenable to a combinatorial a..