Against the modal argument

DOI10.1007/S10670-012-9366-7MaRDI QIDQ486950zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christopher S. Gifford

Publication date 19 January 2015

Published in Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-012-9366-7

zbMATH Keywords

identityalethic modalityBenacerraf's puzzleproblem of the manyvague objects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45)

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• Vague objects within classical logic and standard mereology, and without indeterminate identity
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