Epistemic Modality

Andy Egan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his BA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an MA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held positions at Western Washington University, the Australian National University, and the University of Michigan. Brian Weatherson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has published on a wide range of topics in philosophy, including decision theory, epistemology, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and aesthetics.

• 1. Introduction: Epistemic Modals and Epistemic Modality ; 2. Possibilities for Representation and Credence: Two-Space-ism vs. One-Space-ism ; 3. The Nature of Epistemic Space ; 4. Conditional Propositions and Conditional Assertions ; 5. Perspective in Taste Predicates and Epistemic Modals ; 6. 'Might' Made Right ; 7. Perspectives on Possibilities: Contextualism, Relativism, or What? ; 8. Epistemic Modals are Assessment-Sensitive ; 9. Nonfactualism about Epistemic Modals ; 10. How Not to Theorize about the Language of Subjective Uncertainty ; 11. A Problem about Permission and Possibility

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