Modality: Metaphysics, Logic, and Epistemology

Introduction PART I: METAPHYSICS AND LOGIC 1. Merely Possible Propositions Response to Robert Stalnaker 2. Logical Necessity 3. Semantic Necessity 4. Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic 5. Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent? 6. Metaphysical Dependence: Grounding and Reduction 7. On the Source of Necessity 8. The Reality of Modality 9. IBE, GMR, and Metaphysical Projects 10. Modal Commitments Response to John Divers PART II: EPISTEMOLOGY 11. Permission and (So-Called Epistemic) Possibility Response to Stephen Yablo 12. Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori Response to Frank Jackson 13. Apriorism about Modality Response to Scott Sturgeon 14. Conceivability and Apparent Possibility Response to Dominic Gregory Bibliography Index