Modality and Explanatory Reasoning
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199604685
Subjects: Knowledge, theory of; Reasoning
Description: Boris Kment takes a new approach to the study of modality that emphasises the origin of modal notions in everyday thought. He argues that the concepts of necessity and possibility originate in counterfactual reasoning, which allows us to investigate explanatory connections. Contrary to accepted views, explanation is more fundamental than modality.