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Author:   Bob Fischer ,  Felipe Leon
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Volume:   378
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.974kg
ISBN:  

9783319443072

ISBN 10:   3319443070
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   16 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Modal Epistemology After Rationalism (Bob Fischer).- 2. Naturalised Modal Epistemology (Daniel Nolan).- 3. Empirically-Informed Modal Rationalism (Tuomas E. Tahko).- 4. Modal Epistemology Without Detours (Scott A. Shalkowski).- 5. The Epistemology of Modality and the Epistemology of Mathematics (Otávio Bueno).- 6. Modal Knowledge: Beyond Rationalism and Empiricism (Anand Jayprakash Vaidya).- 7. Extending Modal Vision (Rasmussen).- 8. Personal Identity Without Too Much Science Fiction (Peter Kung).- 9. Modal Conventionalism and Textbook Analyticities (Biggs).- 10. Modal Knowledge, Evolution, and Counterfactuals (Thomas Kroedel).- 11. Imagination, Possibility, and Plovers (Hanrahan).- 12. Similarity and Possibility: An Epistemology of De Re Possibility for Concrete Entities (Roca-Royes).- 13. From Modal Skepticism to Modal Empiricism (Felipe Leon).- 14. Modal Empiricism: Objection, Reply, Proposal (Bob Fischer).- 15. Can Modal Skepticism Defeat Humean Skepticism? (Peter Hawke).

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Bob Fischer is an assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and works on problems in modal epistemology and applied ethics. He is co-editor of The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat (Oxford University Press, 2015), editor of College Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2016), and author of Modal Justification via Theories (Springer, forthcoming).  Felipe Leon is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at El Camino College. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. He works primarily on issues in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. His current research focuses on the nature and scope of modal knowledge and its implications for philosophy of religion. His publications include “Why Frankfurt-Examples Don’t Need to Succeed to Succeed” (with Neal Tognazzini. Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 80:3, 20, “Moreland on the Impossibility of Traversing the Infinite: A Critique” (Philo 14:1, 2012), 10), and The Modal-Knowno Problem” (with Robert William Fischer. Southwest Philosophy Review, forthcoming).

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