Publication: Thought experiments and knowledge of metaphysical modality
Thought experiments and knowledge of metaphysical modality
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Gaultier, B. (2016). Thought experiments and knowledge of metaphysical modality. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 93(4), 525–547. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09303001
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According to Timothy Williamson, philosophy is not a mere conceptual investigation and does not involve a specific cognitive ability, different in nature from those involved in acquiring scientific or ordinary knowledge of the world. The author holds that Williamson does not succeed in explaining how it is possible for us to acquire, through thought experiments, the type of knowledge that, according to him, philosophy predominantly aims to acquire—namely, knowledge of metaphysical modality. More specifically, the author considers in d
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Gaultier, B. (2016). Thought experiments and knowledge of metaphysical modality. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 93(4), 525–547. https://doi.org/10.1163/18756735-09303001
