From Conceivability to Possibility : An Essay in Modal Epistemology

This study deals with the thesis that conceivability implies possibility. Confronted with alleged counterexamples to this thesis, some philosophers have turned to what may be called “idealized” or “more demanding” notions of conceivability. I argue that in turning to such notions, they have made the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berglund, Anders
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Filosofi och lingvistik 2005
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