Fitch’s paradox and ceteris paribus modalities

Synthese 173 (1):75-87 (2010)
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Abstract

The paper attempts to give a solution to the Fitch's paradox though the strategy of the reformulation of the paradox in temporal logic, and a notion of knowledge which is a kind of ceteris paribus modality. An analogous solution has been offered in a different context to solve the problem of metaphysical determinism.

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Gabriel Sandu
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