Abstract

ALVARADO MARAMBIO, JOSÉ TOMÁS. PROBLEMAS DE EPISTEMOLOGÍA MODAL. discus.filos [online]. 2006, vol.7, n.10, pp.33-62. ISSN 0124-6127.

It seems obvious -or almost- that we do possess a great amount of modal knowledge. We know a lot about necessary facts obtaining in mathematics, and we also know a lot about the contingent character of "middle size dry goods", for example. The question is how to explain that knowledge. In particular, this work will discuss the impact that the dilemma posed by Paul Benacerraf in the mathematical case would have over modal statements, considering the conceptions about modal facts and possible worlds advanced by David Lewis and Saul Kripke.

Keywords : Modal Epistemoligy; Necessity; Contingency; Benacerraf; Lewis; Kripke.

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