30: “How Skeptical is Quine’s “Modal Skepticism”?”, John Divers

Condensed Matter
06/07/2022 14 min
30: “How Skeptical is Quine’s “Modal Skepticism”?”, John Divers

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Was Quine really a modal sceptic--someone who thought that modality was unintelligible or paradoxical? Divers thinks he is better cast as a non-sceptical modal anti-realist. Here's a link to the paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/122483/1/how%20Skeptical%3F.pdfSupport the show

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