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Perceptual knowledge of nonactual possibilities
- Abstract:
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It is widely assumed that sense perception cannot deliver knowledge ofnonactual (metaphysical1) possibilities. We are not supposed to be able to knowthat a propositionpis necessary or thatpis possible (ifpis false) by senseperception. This paper aims to establish that the role of sense perception isnot so limited. It argues that we can know lots of modal facts by perception.While the most straightforward examples concern possibility and contingency,others concern necessity and impossibility. ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Philosophical Perspectives Journal website
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 363-375
- Publication date:
- 2016-04-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-08-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1758-2245
- ISSN:
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1520-8583
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:1043987
- UUID:
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uuid:17e7b574-2d47-412e-92bd-220647381865
- Local pid:
- pubs:1043987
- Source identifiers:
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1043987
- Deposit date:
- 2019-08-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Blackwell Publishing
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- 2016 Journal Compilation © Blackwell Publishing, Inc. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12069
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