Williamson on counterpossibles

F Berto, R French, G Priest, D Ripley - Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2018 - Springer
… vacuists, all counterpossibles are true. According to others, who we will call nonvacuists,
some counterpossibles are true, and some are false. Footnote 1 In recent work, Williamson [48, …

Counterpossibles

T Williamson - Topoi, 2018 - Springer
… Thus, on the standard view, our understanding of the consequent of a counterpossible does
contribute to our understanding of the whole counterpossible. Of course, if one happens to …

[PDF][PDF] Williamson on counterpossibles

B Brogaard, J Salerno - The Reasoner, 2007 - academia.edu
… Using Counterpossibles Non-Trivially We noted in (2007) that despite his vacuism,
Williamson intends a non-vacuous reading of some counterpossibles that he uses. Baker (2007) …

Counterpossibles in semantics and metaphysics

T Williamson - Argumenta, 2017 - ora.ox.ac.uk
… , to put the problem of counterpossibles in terms of possible … why it is so natural to make all
counterpossibles true. It is no … a counterpossible without knowing it to be a counterpossible, …

[PDF][PDF] Counterpossibles in metaphysics

T Williamson - Philosophical fictionalism. Forthcoming, 2017 - academia.edu
… In this setting, we can explain why it is so natural to make all counterpossibles true. It is o …
counterpossibles, the impossibility of the antecedent guarantees the truth of the counterpossible

[PDF][PDF] Philosophical knowledge and knowledge of counterfactuals

T Williamson - Grazer Philosophische Studien, 2007 - academia.edu
… be an explanation of the felt resistance to it, compatible with its truth, and we may reasonably
expect that explanation to generalize to other purported examples of false counterpossibles

The counterfactual-based approach to modal epistemology

T Williamson - The Routledge handbook of modality, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
… an irrelevant epistemic reading of counterpossibles, since they … to the vacuous truth of
counterpossibles are artefacts of … part but fail in some cases (Williamson 2017). In what follows, we …

[PDF][PDF] About the Basis for the Debate of Counterpossibles

M Sendłak - Studia Semiotyczne—English Supplement, 2019 - studiaes.pts.edu.pl
… The most important of Williamson’s arguments is that the unorthodox interpretation is …
consider Williamson’s critique and to support the unorthodox approach towards counterpossibles. …

Counterpossibles in science: an experimental study

B McLoone, C Grützner, MT Stuart - Synthese, 2023 - Springer
… We also believe the above passage is incompatible with Williamson’s view that counterpossibles
are all vacuously true. It seems something has to give. We believe that what should be …

Counterpossible reasoning in physics

A Wilson - Philosophy of Science, 2021 - cambridge.org
… This article explores three ways in which physics may involve counterpossible reasoning.
The first … Physics accordingly bears substantial and surprising counterpossible commitments. …