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A Chance for Possibility defends the view that the objective modal
realm is tripartite: truths about possible worlds supervene on
modal truths, which in turn supervene on truths about objective
chances. An understanding of supervenience in terms of grounding is
developed which - unlike the standard modal characterization -
allows the question of what modal truths supervene on to have a
non-trivial answer. Relying on this understanding, a negative
result is established: modal truths do not supervene on truths
about possible worlds, whether possible worlds are conceived of as
Lewisian concreta or as abstract objects of some kind. Instead, a
conception of pleonastic possible worlds is developed that reverses
the direction of supervenience. On the basis of linguistic
considerations concerning our use of natural language 'might' and
'might have' sentences, Steinberg finally argues that truths about
objective chances are able to provide a supervenience base for
modal truths. A Chance for Possibility is an investigation in
analytic metaphysics, drawing on related work in the philosophy of
logic and language as well as linguistics. It provides a detailed
case study for the fruitful use of a notion of grounding in the
clarification and evaluation of longstanding philosophical issues.
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