| Title: | Modal Catapults and the Limits of Modal Logic |
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| Authors: | ID Šuster, Danilo (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Suster_Danilo_2024.pdf (437,85 KB)
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 https://journals.um.si/index.php/analiza/article/view/4938/3234
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
UZUM - University of Maribor Press
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| Abstract: | I explore modal “catapults,” a variety of closure principles for modal operators. Consider a proposition pthat logically implies, entails, strictly implies, modally implies, materially implies, ..., a proposition q. According to the appropriate catapult for a modal operator M, if Mp, then also Mq. Modal catapults play a crucial role in the logical analysis of traditional philosophical arguments, such as fatalism and incompatibilism. Additionally, standard deontic paradoxes and moral dilemmas involvea deontic modal catapult in some form. In the realm of deontic logic, I advocate for a solution grounded in actualism and counterfactuals (Jackson, Goble). In considering whether it ought to be that Awe should look particularly at what would be the case, were Athe case. This approach explains the failures of closure while still acknowledging its central role in modal reasoning. Modal catapults are indispensable to the logic of modalities, but they also delineate the boundaries of this approach. |
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| Keywords: | normal modal logic, closure principles, consequence arguments, deontic logic, actualism, moral dilemmas |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 31.12.2024 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2024 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 189-208 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 28, št. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-97149  |
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| UDC: | 17 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2712-4916 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 226986243 |
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| DOI: | 10.18690/analiza.28.2.189-208.2024 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 20.02.2026 |
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| Views: | 148 |
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| Downloads: | 3 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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