Potentialism and S5

Werner, Jonas (2023). Potentialism and S5. Canadian journal of philosophy, 52(6), pp. 622-635. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/can.2023.2

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Modal potentialism as proposed by Barbara Vetter (2015) is the view that every possibility is grounded in
something having a potentiality. Drawing from work by Jessica Leech (2017), Samuel Kimpton-Nye (2021)
argues that potentialists can have an S5 modal logic. I present a novel argument to the conclusion that the
most straightforward way of spelling out modal potentialism cannot validate an S5 modal logic. Then I will
propose a slightly tweaked version of modal potentialism that can validate an S5 modal logic and still does
justice to the core claim of potentialism.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy > Theoretical Philosophy

UniBE Contributor:

Werner, Jonas

Subjects:

100 Philosophy
100 Philosophy > 110 Metaphysics

ISSN:

1911-0820

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Jonas Werner

Date Deposited:

27 Mar 2023 14:53

Last Modified:

14 May 2023 02:20

Publisher DOI:

10.1017/can.2023.2

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/180725

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/180725

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