The Philosophical Society (CANCELLED Friday - Week 6, MT18)
Friday 16th November, 15:30
(Lecture Room)
*CANCELLED* John Divers (Leeds) — 'Metaphysical Modality and Objective Probability'*CANCELLED*
In recent work* I have: (a) argued that a neo-Quinean pragmatic scepticism about metaphysical modality is a perfectly reasonable position to maintain and (b) illustrated the difficulties and limitations associated with some strategies for overcoming such scepticism. One such strategy is to forge an appropriate association between metaphysical modality and objective probability. This paper is an attempt to develop an account of the difficulties and limitations associated with this particular strategy.
** Divers, J. (2018) “W(h)ither Metaphysical Necessity?” (The Presidential Address) in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 92.1, pp.1-25.
Jowett Society Organising Committee: Harry Alanen, Christopher Benzenberg, Sara Chan, Sean Costello, Alastair Criag, Katherine Hong, Sebastian Liu, Chiara Martini, Arnaud Petit, Beatriz Santos and Lewis Wang. |
