Tänk om allt vore annorlunda: kausala relationer mellan det aktuella och icke-aktuella inom modalrealism och modalabstraktionism
(2017) FTEK01 20171Theoretical Philosophy
- Abstract
- Can there be causation between actual and non-actual states of affairs? To me it seems so, but few modal theories seem to be able to handle the question. I present and compare two theories of modality: David Lewis' modal realism and Alvin Plantinga's abstractionist theory of modality. None of the theories can give a perfect answer, but while Lewis' theory simply make such causal relations impossible, Plantinga's theory could be used to explain such relations, even though he doesn't adress the questions himself. Finally I evalute the neo-actualist theory of modality, which also seems to be able to explain causation between actual and non-actual states of affairs.
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- author
- Johansson, Märta LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FTEK01 20171
- year
- 2017
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Modalitet, realism, aktualism, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, kausalitet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8927727
- date added to LUP
- 2019-01-29 16:47:59
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