Modal epistemology and the T axiom

La sixième séance du séminaire "Metametaphysics and the sciences" aura lieu le 17/05/24.

Titre : Modal epistemology and the T axiom

Résumé : In the epistemology of modality, philosophers often begin by assuming that there is one easy way to learn about possibilities: the inference from actuality to possibility, or ab esse ad posse. I suggest that, if we are looking for a cognitive account of our ordinary human knowledge of possibility, the T axiom is not nearly as natural as has been assumed; it is a theoretical achievement. My argument draws on historical considerations from Aristotle as well as recent work in semantics.

La séance sera retransmise via Zoom (pour obtenir les données de connexion, envoyer un e-mail à florian.marion@uclouvain.be ou kevin.chalas@uclouvain.be)

Contacts : kevin.chalas@uclouvain.be, florian.marion@uclouvain.be