Open AccessModal Combinatorialism is Consistent with S5
Author(s) -
Taylor Henry
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
thought: a journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2161-2234
DOI - 10.1002/tht3.401
Subject(s) - modality (human–computer interaction) , metaphysics , modal logic , modal , philosophy , epistemology , mathematics , calculus (dental) , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine , chemistry , dentistry , polymer chemistry
The combinatorial theory of modality has long been dogged by the supposed problem that it entails that S5 is not the correct logic for metaphysical modality. In this paper, I suggest a modification to combinatorialism, to eliminate this tension with S5. I argue that the resulting view is more in the spirit of combinatorialism than the original position.
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