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Modal metaphysics concerns the metaphysical underpinning of our modal statements. These are statements about what is possible or what is necessarily so. We can construe the primary question of modal metaphysics as, “When we make a statement about what is possible or necessary, what determines the truth or falsity of the statement?”
Apr 15, 2002 · 1. Modality and Clear and Distinct Perception. There are a number of claims about possibilities and necessities that seem to be intuitive – for example that it is possible that things be other than they are – but Descartes will not make his account of modality sensitive to all of these.
Modal metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that investigates the metaphysics underlying statements about possible or neccesary statements.
May 23, 2008 · In order to explain Leibniz's modal metaphysics—the metaphysics of necessity, contingency, and possibility—we must look first at the foundation of Leibniz's system more generally: his conception of an individual substance.
Aug 21, 2007 · Spinoza’s Modal Metaphysics. First published Tue Aug 21, 2007; substantive revision Tue Jun 6, 2023. Spinoza’s views on necessity and possibility, which he claimed were the “principal foundation” of his Ethics (Ep75), have been less than well received by his readers, to put it mildly.
Although Leibniz’s Metaphysics is treated in a separate article, this article is primarily concerned with Leibniz’s modal metaphysics, that is, with his understanding of the modal notions of necessity, contingency, and possibility, and their relation to human and divine freedom.
Oct 27, 2009 · Summary. PLANTINGA'S MODAL METAPHYSICS IN (RECENT) HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Metaphysics is the part of philosophy that is concerned with the extent and content of reality: with what there is and with the nature of what there is.
