Abstract
Towards the end of Theta.4 of the Metaphysics, Aristotle appears to endorse the obviously invalid modal principle that the truth of A will entail the truth of B if the possibility of A entails the possibility of B. I attempt to show how Aristotle's endorsement of the principle can be seen to arise from his accepting a non-standard interpretation of the modal operators and I indicate how the principle and its interpretation are of independent interest, quite apart from their role in understanding Aristotle.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 993-1034 |
| Number of pages | 42 |
| Journal | Mind |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 480 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2011 |