Essential Properties are Super-Explanatory: Taming Metaphysical Modality

Godman, Marion; Mallozzi, Antonella; Papineau, David

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Godman, Marion

Mallozzi, Antonella

Papineau, David

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association

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2053-4485

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Cambridge University Press

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Godman, M., Mallozzi, A., & Papineau, D. Essential Properties are Super-Explanatory: Taming Metaphysical Modality. Journal of the American Philosophical Association https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.45960

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This paper aims to build a bridge between two areas of philosophical research, the structure of kinds and metaphysical modality. Our central thesis is that kinds typically involve super-explanatory properties, and that these properties lie behind all substantial cases of metaphysical necessity.

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2022-11-14

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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.45960

This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/298903