Modal scepticism, Yablo-style conceivability, and analogical reasoning

DOI10.1007/S11229-015-0759-4MaRDI QIDQ514047zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Hartl

Publication date 8 March 2017

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0759-4

zbMATH Keywords

analogical reasoningdefeatersHawkemodal scepticismVan InwagenYablo-style conceivability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42)

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• Modal inferences in science: a tale of two epistemologies

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