Modal fictionalism is a term used in philosophy, and more specifically in the metaphysics of modality, to describe the position that holds that modality...
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and mathematical fictionalism advocated by Hartry Field. Modal fictionalism is recognized as further refinement to the basic fictionalism as it holds that...
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. In 1990 Rosen introduced modal fictionalism, a popular position on the ontological status of possible worlds....
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Possible world (category Modal logic)
modal logics into first-order logic which captures their possible world semantics N-universes Modal fictionalism Fictionalism Impossible world Modal realism...
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premise -- Miscellanea Logica -- Missing dollar riddle -- Modal fallacy -- Modal fictionalism -- Modal logic -- Model theory -- Modus ponens -- Modus tollens...
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Outline of logic (section Modal logic)
Dialetheism Fictionalism Formalism (philosophy) Game theory Illuminationist philosophy Logical atomism Logical holism Logicism Modal fictionalism Nominalism...
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Metaphysical naturalism Metaphysical nihilism Metaphysical solipsism Modal fictionalism Modal realism Moderate realism Monism Naturalism (philosophy) Necessitarianism...
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Athens Mo Ti Mo Tzu Mochus Modal fictionalism Modal logic Modal operator Modal property Modal realism Modalities (sociology) Modality Mode of production Model...
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regarding the truth of modal propositions, especially concerning necessity and possibility. modal fictionalism The view that modal statements (about possibility...
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Nonexistent objects (category Modal metaphysics)
name without a referent Extended modal realism Fictionalism, a theory which holds that one can talk about fictional objects without being committed to...
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Mos Eisley (redirect from Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes)
"Empire Blues" by Daniel Keys Moran. The band is named as Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes and it is revealed that the players belong to a race called Bith....
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Saul Kripke (category Modal logicians)
original contributions to logic, especially modal logic. His principal contribution is a semantics for modal logic involving possible worlds, now called...
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Gödel's ontological proof (category Modal logic)
and attempted to clarify with his ontological argument. The argument uses modal logic, which deals with statements about what is necessarily true or possibly...
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Actualism (redirect from Modal actualism)
An important, but significantly different notion of possibilism known as modal realism was developed by the philosopher David Lewis. On Lewis's account...
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This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only...
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possibility Modal realism, an account of possible worlds according to which they are all just as real as the actual world Extended modal realism, the...
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Noneism (redirect from Modal Meinongianism)
Noneism, also known in philosophy as modal Meinongianism (named after Alexius Meinong), names both a philosophical theory and an unrelated religious trend...
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Parent, § 3. Ersatzism, § 4. Fictionalism Wilsch 2017, pp. 428–429 Menzel 2023, Lead Section, § 1. Possible Worlds and Modal Logic Berto & Jago 2023, Lead...
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Philosophical logic (section Alethic modal)
philosophical problems, often in the form of extended logical systems like modal logic. Some theorists conceive philosophical logic in a wider sense as the...
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Morpheus (The Matrix) (category Fictional gunfighters in films)
originally a program subconsciously created by a suppressed Neo as part of a modal based upon his memories, is released by Bugs[further explanation needed]...
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Baron May, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom may, an English modal verb May people, an ethnic group of Vietnam May language, a language spoken...
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project in the philosophy of mathematics in support of mathematical fictionalism, the doctrine that all mathematical statements are merely useful fictions...
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List of Star Wars species (A–E) (redirect from Elom (fictional race))
great reputations as starship mechanics and scientists. Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes are a Bith band seen playing music in the Mos Eisley Cantina. Bith...
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Impossible color (redirect from Fictional colors)
PMID 17736657. Suarez J; Suarez, Juan (2009). "Reddish Green: A Challenge for Modal Claims About Phenomenal Structure". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research...
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Ruth Barcan Marcus (category Modal logicians)
logician best known for her work in modal and philosophical logic. She developed the first formal systems of quantified modal logic and in so doing introduced...
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between de dicto modal sentences and de re modal sentences, medieval logicians began to shape a more coherent concept of Aristotle's modal syllogism model...
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and lexical means for expressing future-related meanings. These include modal auxiliaries such as will and shall as well as the futurate present tense...
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Fallibilism – Familialism – Fascism – Fatalism – Feminist philosophy – Fictionalism – Fideism – Filial piety – Film, philosophy of – Formalism (literature)...
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Dialetheism (category Modal metaphysics)
Rigor Theory Vagueness Theories of deduction Constructivism Dialetheism Fictionalism Finitism Formalism Intuitionism Logical atomism Logicism Nominalism Platonic...
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are no ethical facts for them to correspond to. Projectivism and moral fictionalism are related theories. Universal prescriptivism, defended by R. M. Hare...
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