Representing Counterparts

Authors

  • Andrew Bacon University of Southern California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/ajl.v11i2.2143

Abstract

This paper presents a counterpart theoretic semantics for quantified modal logic based on a fleshed out account of Lewis's notion of a 'possibility'. According to the account a possibility consists of a world and some haecceitistic information about how each possible individual gets represented de re. Following Hazen, a semantics for quantified model logic based on evaluating formulae at possibilities is developed. It is shown that this framework naturally accommodates an actuality operator, addressing recent objections to counterpart theory, and is equivalent to the more familiar Kripke semantics for quantied modal logic with an actuality operator.

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Author Biography

Andrew Bacon, University of Southern California

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

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Published

2014-11-11