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| author | José Edgar González Varela |
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| contents | El nihilismo modal frente al argumento de McFetridge a favor de la necesidad de la creencia en la necesidad José Edgar González Varela Filosofía modal belief modal nihilism logical necessity counterfactual supposition In this paper I examine McFetridge’s (1990) argument for the necessity of the belief in necessity. The argument purports to es - tablish a fatal dilemma for the modal “nihilist”, he who does not believe that at least some proposition is necessary. My main aim is to show that the dilemma that McFetridge’s argument pos - es is not sound, since it has an important limitation, concerning specifically its second horn, which is the more interesting. The second horn poses a kind of transcendental argument: it is nec - essary to believe in necessity if we are going to be able to reason from counterfactual suppositions. Nevertheless, this argument assumes that counterfactual supposition is an essential activity in our lives, which signals, I claim, a central point around which the modal nihilist would try to reassert her position. Thus, I pur - port to show that the second horn of McFetridge’s argument re - veals that the focus of the debate between modal believers and nihilists should move properly from the question about the role of belief in necessity to the question about the role of counterfac - tual supposition. 2013 artículo científico 0188-6649 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323029713008 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3230 Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía application/pdf Universidad Panamericana Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía (México) Num.45 |
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| spellingShingle | El nihilismo modal frente al argumento de McFetridge a favor de la necesidad de la creencia en la necesidad José Edgar González Varela Filosofía modal belief modal nihilism logical necessity counterfactual supposition El nihilismo modal frente al argumento de McFetridge a favor de la necesidad de la creencia en la necesidad José Edgar González Varela Filosofía modal belief modal nihilism logical necessity counterfactual supposition In this paper I examine McFetridge’s (1990) argument for the necessity of the belief in necessity. The argument purports to es - tablish a fatal dilemma for the modal “nihilist”, he who does not believe that at least some proposition is necessary. My main aim is to show that the dilemma that McFetridge’s argument pos - es is not sound, since it has an important limitation, concerning specifically its second horn, which is the more interesting. The second horn poses a kind of transcendental argument: it is nec - essary to believe in necessity if we are going to be able to reason from counterfactual suppositions. Nevertheless, this argument assumes that counterfactual supposition is an essential activity in our lives, which signals, I claim, a central point around which the modal nihilist would try to reassert her position. Thus, I pur - port to show that the second horn of McFetridge’s argument re - veals that the focus of the debate between modal believers and nihilists should move properly from the question about the role of belief in necessity to the question about the role of counterfac - tual supposition. 2013 artículo científico 0188-6649 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323029713008 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3230 Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía application/pdf Universidad Panamericana Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía (México) Num.45 |
| title | El nihilismo modal frente al argumento de McFetridge a favor de la necesidad de la creencia en la necesidad |
| topic | Filosofía modal belief modal nihilism logical necessity counterfactual supposition |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323029713008 |