Modal Empiricism and Knowledge of De Re Possibilities: A Critique of Roca-Royes' Account
Abstract
Accounting for our knowledge of de re modalities is probably the main reason why the proponents of modal empiricism think that their view should be preferred to modal rationalism. In this paper, I address Sonia Roca-Royes' account, which is taken to be a representative modal empiricist view, in order to show that modal empiricism faces serious problems even in explaining our knowledge of possibility de re, something which seems to be the easiest thing to explain on this view. I argue that Roca-Royes' account does not prove what she claims it does, that it can hardly be articulated in a non-redundant way, and that her account of our knowledge of possibility de re can hardly be reconciled with the essentiality of origin principle, to which modal empiricists sometimes appeal while criticizing the modal rationalist account.
Keywords:
modal rationalism / modal epistemology / modal empiricism / De re modal knowledgeSource:
Organon F, 2015, 22, 4, 488-498Publisher:
- Slovak Academy of Sciences - Inst of Philosophy
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Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Prelević, Duško PY - 2015 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2011 AB - Accounting for our knowledge of de re modalities is probably the main reason why the proponents of modal empiricism think that their view should be preferred to modal rationalism. In this paper, I address Sonia Roca-Royes' account, which is taken to be a representative modal empiricist view, in order to show that modal empiricism faces serious problems even in explaining our knowledge of possibility de re, something which seems to be the easiest thing to explain on this view. I argue that Roca-Royes' account does not prove what she claims it does, that it can hardly be articulated in a non-redundant way, and that her account of our knowledge of possibility de re can hardly be reconciled with the essentiality of origin principle, to which modal empiricists sometimes appeal while criticizing the modal rationalist account. PB - Slovak Academy of Sciences - Inst of Philosophy T2 - Organon F T1 - Modal Empiricism and Knowledge of De Re Possibilities: A Critique of Roca-Royes' Account EP - 498 IS - 4 SP - 488 VL - 22 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2011 ER -
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Prelević, D.. (2015). Modal Empiricism and Knowledge of De Re Possibilities: A Critique of Roca-Royes' Account. in Organon F Slovak Academy of Sciences - Inst of Philosophy., 22(4), 488-498. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2011
Prelević D. Modal Empiricism and Knowledge of De Re Possibilities: A Critique of Roca-Royes' Account. in Organon F. 2015;22(4):488-498. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2011 .
Prelević, Duško, "Modal Empiricism and Knowledge of De Re Possibilities: A Critique of Roca-Royes' Account" in Organon F, 22, no. 4 (2015):488-498, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2011 .
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