The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and hazard, and comparable notions--are they target positive aspects of mind-independent fact? if this is the case, are they irreducible, or can modal proof be defined in different phrases? This quantity provides new paintings on modality by way of confirmed leaders within the box and by means of up-and-coming philosophers. among them, the papers handle primary questions referring to realism and anti-realism approximately modality, the character and foundation of evidence approximately what's attainable and what's beneficial, the character of modal wisdom, modal common sense and its family to useful lifestyles and to counterfactual reasoning. the final creation locates the person contributions within the wider context of the modern dialogue of the metaphysics and epistemology of modality.
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