Rethinking the Epistemology of Modality for Abstracta
Sònia Roca-Royes · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2018
This chapter is an exploration of the sort of epistemology available to explain our de re modal knowledge about abstract entities. The thesis suggested—in a first approximation to the issue—is somewhat provocative: as modal epistemologists, we don’t have much work to do; instead, the work is down to ontologists. The chapter first motivates the thesis by relying on a conception of abstract objects that makes the thesis a rather plausible one. The chapter then goes on to consider some potential concerns and it concludes that, while their treatment imposes some refinements and qualifications, the thesis stands as it is.