Counterpart theory and counterfactuals
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Hawthorne, John and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani. (2023). Counterpart theory and counterfactuals. In In Bennett, Karen and Zimmerman, Dean W. (Ed.). Oxford studies in metaphysics ; volume 13 pp. 129-165 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192886033.003.0005
Authors | Hawthorne, John and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani |
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Editors | Bennett, Karen and Zimmerman, Dean W. |
Abstract | In 1968, David Lewis provided a translation scheme from the language of quantified modal logic (QML) into the language of counterpart theory (CT), one that he thought would make manifest the truth conditions of absolute or metaphysical modal claims. Lewis’s other main contribution to the logic and semantics of modality is his celebrated 1973 semantics for counterfactual conditionals, which is put forward as a more general theory that subsumes the logic of metaphysical modality. It is natural for the advocate of CT to wish to extend Lewis’s 1968 translation scheme for QML to a language that includes the counterfactual conditional connective. This chapter first examines the translation of QML to counterpart theory proposed by Lewis in 1973, making vivid various challenges that confront anyone wishing to marry counterpart theory with a logic of counterfactuals. It then proposes a superior translation scheme within the framework of Lewis’s own counterpart theory. |
Keywords | David Lewis; counterpart theory; modal logic; counterfactuals; counterfactual logic; modal realism; metaphysical necessity |
Page range | 129-165 |
Year | 2023 |
Book title | Oxford studies in metaphysics ; volume 13 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780191980985 |
9780192886033 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192886033.003.0005 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85152324176 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Feb 2023 |
2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Jun 2023 |
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