Perceptual knowledge of nonactual possibilities
Journal article
Strohminger, Margot. (2015). Perceptual knowledge of nonactual possibilities. Philosophical Perspectives. 29(1), pp. 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12069
Authors | Strohminger, Margot |
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Abstract | It is widely assumed that sense perception cannot deliver knowledge of nonactual (metaphysical1) possibilities. We are not supposed to be able to know that a proposition p is necessary or that p is possible (if p is false) by sense perception. This paper aims to establish that the role of sense perception is not so limited. It argues that we can know lots of modal facts by perception. While the most straightforward examples concern possibility and contingency, others concern necessity and impossibility. The possibility of a perceptual route to some modal knowledge is not as radical as it may at first sound. On the contrary, acknowledging it has benefits. |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Philosophical Perspectives |
Journal citation | 29 (1), pp. 363-375 |
Publisher | Wiley-Liss Inc. |
ISSN | 1520-8583 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12069 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84964389837 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 363-375 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 22 Apr 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 27 Oct 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wxx2/perceptual-knowledge-of-nonactual-possibilities
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