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Knowledge of objective modality

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The epistemology of modality has focused on metaphysical modality and, more recently, counterfactual conditionals. Knowledge of kinds of modality that are not metaphysical has so far gone largely unexplored. Yet other theoretically interesting kinds of modality, such as nomic, practical, and ‘easy’ possibility, are no less puzzling epistemologically. Could Clinton easily have won the 2016 presidential election—was it an easy possibility? Given that she didn’t in fact win the election, how, if...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s11098-018-1052-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Humanities Division
Department:
Philosophy
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Publisher:
Springer Publisher's website
Journal:
Philosophical Studies Journal website
Volume:
176
Issue:
5
Pages:
1155-1175
Publication date:
2018-02-28
Acceptance date:
2018-01-24
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EISSN:
1573-0883
ISSN:
0031-8116
Language:
English
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pubs:1043989
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uuid:741273a2-6532-4a72-b819-b1770e9c1588
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1043989
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2019-08-15

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