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      Una teoría causal de la modalidad Translated title: A Causal Theory of Modality

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          El trabajo presenta una concepción causal de la modalidad metafísica en la que un estado de cosas es metafísicamente posible si y sólo si podría ser causado (en el pasado, el presente o el futuro) por entidades actuales. La concepción es contrastada con lo que se llama la concepción "combinatoria" de la modalidad, en la que cualquier cosa puede co-existir con cualquier otra. Este trabajo explica cómo debe interpretarse la noción de 'causalidad' en la teoría causal, qué diferencia existe entre las modalidades definidas de este modo y la modalidad nomológica, cómo deben tomarse las relaciones de accesibilidad entre mundos posibles y qué relación tiene la concepción causal con la necesidad de origen.

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          This work presents a causal conception of metaphysical modality in which a state of affairs is metaphysically possible if and only if it can be caused (in the past, the present or the future) by current entities. The conception is contrasted with what is called the "combinatorial" conception of modality, in which everything can coexist with anything else. This work explains how the notion of 'causality' should be construed in the causal theory, what difference exists between modalities thus defined from nomological modality, how accessibility relations between possible worlds should be interpreted, and what is the relation between the causal conception and the necessity of origin.

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                idval
                Ideas y Valores
                Ideas y Valores
                Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Filosofía. (Bogotá )
                0120-0062
                September 2009
                : 58
                : 140
                : 173-196
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Chile
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                S0120-00622009000200008
                aed80ca2-0f96-4848-bb09-7b3b678aa290

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0120-0062&lng=en
                Categories
                PHILOSOPHY

                General philosophy
                necesidad de origen,modality,possible worlds,causality,accessibility,relations,necessity of origin,modalidad,mundos posibles,causalidad,relaciones de accesibilidad

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