Dana Goswick

Constructivism in Metaphysics

Dana Goswick

Reference Work  |  2020

A Devitt-Proof Constructivism

DANA Goswick

Journal article  |  2019  |  Analysis and Metaphysics

I distinguish 20th century Constructivists (e.g. Goodman, Putnam) whose anti-Realism is global and is motivated by epistemic and s..

Ordinary Objects are Nonmodal Objects

D Goswick

Journal article  |  2018  |  Analysis and Metaphysics

Are Modal Facts Brute Facts?

D Goswick

Book Chapter  |  2018

The Hard Question for Hylomorphism

DANA Goswick

Journal article  |  2018  |  Metaphysics

The view that ordinary objects are composites of form and matter (“hylomorphism”) can be contrasted with the more common view that..

Events

Dana Goswick

Reference Work  |  2018

Events are happenings, occurrences and changes objects undergo, e.g. Kate’s singing, Jane’s pouring the milk, John’s walking. Even..

Do Events Have Their Parts Essentially?

D Goswick, P Daniels

Journal article  |  2017  |  Acta Analytica

We argue that mereological essentialism for events is independent of mereological essentialism for objects, and that the philosoph..

The Philosophy of Events

D Goswick

Book Chapter  |  2017

Ordinary Objects

D GOSWICK

Book Chapter  |  2016

Why Being Necessary Really Is Not the Same As Being Not Possibly Not

D Goswick

Journal article  |  2015  |  Acta Analytica

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. In standard modal logic, □ ≡ ∼◊ ∼ and ◊ ≡ ∼□∼. I will, first, examine why in te..