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篇目详细内容 |
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【篇名】 |
A naturalistic interpretation of the Kripkean modality |
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【刊名】 |
Frontiers of Philosophy in China |
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【刊名缩写】 |
Front. Philos. China |
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【ISSN】 |
1673-3436 |
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【EISSN】 |
1673-355X |
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【DOI】 |
10.1007/s11466-009-0029-y |
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【出版社】 |
Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag |
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【出版年】 |
2009 |
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【卷期】 |
4
卷3期 |
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【页码】 |
454-469
页,共
16
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【作者】 |
YE Feng;
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【关键词】 |
philosophy of language; naturalism; physicalism; metaphysical modality; Kripke |
【摘要】 |
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The Kripkean metaphysical modality (i.e. possibility and necessity) is one of the most important concepts in contemporary analytic philosophy and is the basis of many metaphysical speculations. These metaphysical speculations frequently commit to entities that do not belong to this physical universe, such as merely possible entities, abstract entities, mental entities or qualities not realizable by the physical, which seems to contradict naturalism or physicalism. This paper proposes a naturalistic interpretation of the Kripkean modality, as a naturalist’s response to these metaphysical speculations. It will show that naturalism can accommodate the Kripkean metaphysical modality. In particular, it will show that naturalism can help to resolve the puzzles surrounding Kripke’s a posteriori necessary propositions and a priori contingent propositions. |
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