The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 100 (2):506-524 (2018)
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This paper develops a moodless theory of modality, intended to be as closely analogous to the tenseless theory of time as possible. It is argued that the new theory is distinct from David Lewis' modal realism and that it solves certain problems better than modal realism does, namely, the problem of advanced modalizing, the problem of necessitism, and the problem of conflict with common opinion.

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Bradford Skow
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