This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the de re/de dicto distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and some of the key problems in modality, particularly Quine's criticisms.
This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The tex...