Necessity, Essence, and Individuation: A Defense of Conventionalism

Alan Sidelle

Published by Cornell University Press 1989

Necessity, Essence, and Individuation

A Defense of Conventionalism

Alan Sidelle

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501746260

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Alan Sidelle's Necessity, Essence, and Individuation is a sustained defense of empiricism—or, more generally, conventionalism—against recent attacks by realists. Sidelle focuses his attention on necessity a posteriori, a kind of necessity which contemporary realists have taken to support realism over empiricism. Turning the tables against the realists, Sidelle argues that if there are in fact truths necessary a posteriori, it is not realism, but rather empiricism which provides the best explanation for them.

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Alan Sidelle has served as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Realism and Conventionalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. How to Be a Modern-Day Conventionalist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Is It Possible to Be a Modern-Day Conventionalist? or, Responding to Some Technical Worries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. The Case for Conventionalism and the Problem with Real Necessity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. The Commitment to Analyticity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Analyticity and Reference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501746260