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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality Themes from Kit Fine Mircea Dumitru 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©theseveralcontributors Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin Impression: Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber: ISBN –––– PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi Contents Acknowledgements ix ListofContributors xi Introduction:KitFine—APhilosopher’sPhilosopher MirceaDumitru I. Metaphysics . Ontology:What’sthe(Real)Question? FredKroonandJonathanMcKeown-Green . BeyondReality? PhilipPercival . OneAbsolutelyInfiniteUniversetoRuleThemAll:ReverseReflection, ReverseMetaphysics JosephAlmog . FineonArbitraryObjects AlasdairUrquhart . Indefinites,SkolemFunctions,andArbitraryObjects GabrielSandu . EssenceandIdentity KathrinKoslicki . IndeterminateIdentity,PersonalIdentity,andFission KitFine . Fine’sNewSemanticsofVagueness GraemeForbes II. Modality . Necessary,Transcendental,andUniversalTruth StevenT.Kuhn . WhatisNormativeNecessity? GideonRosen . TheProblemofdereModality BobHale . CanMetaphysicalModalityBeBasedonEssence? PenelopeMackie OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi vi . MoreontheReductionofNecessitytoEssence FabriceCorreia . EssenceandDependence JessicaWilson . EssenceandNominalism ScottA.Shalkowski . Fine’sTheoremonFirst-OrderCompleteModalLogics RobertGoldblatt III. Language . FineonFrege’sPuzzle GaryOstertag . Coordination,Understanding,andSemanticRequirements PaoloBonardi . VariableObjectsandTruthmaking FriederikeMoltmann IV. Kit Fine’s Responses CommentsonFredKroonandJonathanMcKeown-Green’s “Ontology:What’sthe(Real)Question?” KitFine Comment’sonPhilipPercival’s“BeyondReality?” KitFine CommentsonJosephAlmog’s“OneAbsolutelyInfiniteUniverse toRuleThemAll:ReverseReflection,ReverseMetaphysics” KitFine CommentsonAlasdairUrquhart’s“FineonArbitraryObjects” KitFine CommentsonGabrielSandu’s“Indefinites,SkolemFunctions,and ArbitraryObjects” KitFine CommentsonKathrinKoslicki’s“EssenceandIdentity” KitFine CommentsonGraemeForbes’s“Fine’sNewSemanticsofVagueness” KitFine CommentsonStevenT.Kuhn’s“Necessary,Transcendental, andUniversalTruth” KitFine OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi vii CommentsonGideonRosen’s“WhatisNormativeNecessity?” KitFine CommentsonBobHale’s“TheProblemofdereModality” KitFine CommentsonPenelopeMackie’s“CanMetaphysicalModalityBe BasedonEssence?” KitFine CommentsonFabriceCorreia’s“MoreontheReduction ofNecessitytoEssence” KitFine CommentsonJessicaWilson’s“EssenceandDependence” KitFine CommentsonScottShalkowski’s“EssenceandNominalism” KitFine CommentsonRobertGoldblatt’s“Fine’sTheoremonFirst-Order CompleteModalLogics” KitFine CommentsonGaryOstertag’s“FineonFrege’sPuzzle” KitFine CommentsonPaoloBonardi’s“Coordination,Understanding,and SemanticRequirements” KitFine CommentsonFriederikeMoltmann’s“VariableObjectsand Truthmaking” KitFine BibliographyofthePublicationsofKitFine Index OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,24/9/2020,SPi Acknowledgements This book has been long in the making. A book of such length and with multiple authorship would not have been possible, let alone actual, without the strong and constantsupportofpeopletowhomIoweagreatdebtofgratitude,namelyfriends, colleagues,andfamily.Theyallhavesharedwithmeastrongfaithinthevalueand fulfilmentofthisproject. First,ofcourse,myprofoundestgratitudegoestoProfessorKitFine,whoassisted mepersonallywiththeintricatetasksrequiredforthecompletion ofthisbook.His well-known professionalism and profound originality are unmatched except by his generosityandencouragementforthosewhoundertakedifficultphilosophicaltasks. Then, over the years, and especially during the period of my intellectual and professional growth, I accrued a special debt to Professor Graeme Forbes, my Doktor Vater, from whom I learned almost everything that I know in my field of expertise.AsagraduatestudentatTulaneUniversity,ProfessorForbes’sphilosoph- icalandpedagogicalskillsleftanindeliblemarkonmyphilosophicaldevelopment. The contributors to this volume deserve a special thanks. Each one understood thatsuchaprojectwouldtaketimetocompleteanddidnotputanypressureonme duringthelongelaborateprocessthatfinallyresultedinthebook. A particular word of gratitude must go to Peter Momtchiloff, OUP Philosophy editor,whoalwaysbehavedinthemostprofessionalandpatientmanner,providing mewithallthefreedomandguidancethatIneeded. I am also grateful to Stefania Olea, librarian for the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, who helped me acquire a number of important sources necessaryforthepreparationofthisbook. Last, but not least, my deepest gratitude and love go to my family who have supportedmethroughoutthisentireprocess,understandingmyneedtodevotelong hourstomyworkattheuniversity aswellastomyworkonthisbook.Thereisno doubtthatwithouttheirunderstandingnothingwouldhavebeenpossibleforme,by which I literally mean nothing. Through her unlimited support and patience, my wife, Professor Daniela Dumitru, has been a source of real help and inspiration; my daughter Dr. Ioana A. Dumitru helped me by providing stylistic recommenda- tionsandrevisingmymaterials;andourdaughterIlinca-AuroraDumitruhasalways beenamarveloussourceofhappinessandwell-being. Eachandeveryonedeservesmydeepestandsincerestgratitudeandappreciation. Ofcourse,Iamtheonlyoneresponsibleforconceivingandexecutingtheprojectof thisbook. MirceaDumitru Bucharest, March
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