4. Disentangling Semantics from Metaphysics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. On What There Isn’t (But Might Have Been) 1
5. 2. Merely Possible Possible Worlds 22
6. 3. What Is Haecceitism, and Is It True? 52
7. 4. Disentangling Semantics from Metaphysics 89
8. 5. Modal Realism, Modal Rationalism, Modal Naturalism 126
9. Appendix A. Modeling Contingently Existing Propositions 136
10. Appendix B. Propositional Functions and Properties 139
11. Appendix C. A Model for a Mighty Language 149
12. Appendix D. Counterpart Semantics for the Cheap Haecceitist 154
13. References 157
14. Index 161