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Metaphysical Modality

Metaphysical Modality is a philosophical concept belonging to the broader category of modal metaphysics, specifically distinguished as the study of necessity and possibility with respect to what is true in all possible worlds versus what holds only in some, grounded in the nature of reality rather than epistemic, linguistic, or logical considerations.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Essence and Modality: The Second Philosophical Perspectives Lecture

Kit Fine · Philosophical Perspectives · 1994 · 1.4K citations

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The fundamental concepts of metaphysics: world, finitude, solitude

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Essays in Quasi-Realism.

James C. Klagge, Simon Blackburn · The Philosophical Review · 1995 · 429 citations

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Modality: Metaphysics, Logic and Epistemology

Alastair Wilson · Australasian Journal of Philosophy · 2011 · 335 citations

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Modalities in Medieval Philosophy.

Richard Gaskin, Simo Knuuttila · The Philosophical Quarterly · 1994 · 250 citations

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Authors

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  1. AL
    Amie L. Thomasson

    University of Miami, United States

    3 publications · 173 citations

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  2. FC
    Fabrice Correia

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    3 publications · 164 citations

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  3. AM
    Antonella Mallozzi

    The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States

    3 publications · 132 citations

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  4. DP
    David Papineau

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 144 citations

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  5. BV
    Barbara Vetter

    Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

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  1. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    169 citations

  2. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    185 citations

  3. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    116 citations

  4. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    442 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    92 citations

  7. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    237 citations

  8. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Mind

    8 publications · 407 citations

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  2. Synthese

    8 publications · 220 citations

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  3. Noûs

    6 publications · 256 citations

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  4. The Philosophical Quarterly

    5 publications · 323 citations

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  5. The Philosophical Review

    5 publications · 638 citations

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