The Modalities of Essence and Ground

Werner, Jonas (2022). The Modalities of Essence and Ground. Studies in Theoretical Philosophy: Vol. 11. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann

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It is not a coincidence that every red rose is coloured. No rose can be red without being coloured. A red rose is coloured in virtue of its being red, its being coloured is metaphysically explained by its being red. This is, at least in part, underwritten by what it is for the rose to be coloured, by the nature – or essence – of its being coloured. If this is right, then questions concerning possibility and necessity, questions concerning metaphysical explanation, and questions concerning essence are systematically connected. This book proposes a unified account of metaphysical modality, grounding, and essence. It develops a semantic way to model essences as localised necessities that rule out worlds as impossible and uses it to account for grounding and metaphysical modality.

Item Type:	Book (Monograph)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy
UniBE Contributor:	Werner, Jonas
Subjects:	100 Philosophy 100 Philosophy > 110 Metaphysics
ISBN:	978-3-465-04581-6
Series:	Studies in Theoretical Philosophy
Publisher:	Vittorio Klostermann
Language:	English
Submitter:	Jonas Werner
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2022 03:52
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:15
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167339