Philosophy A-Level
Modality
What Modality means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Modality
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The distinction concerning possibility and impossibility, rather than how certain we feel about a claim.
Topics that use Modality
- Subject content: Philosophical terminology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- A priori knowledge
- A priori/a posteriori distinction
- Analytic/synthetic distinction
- Certainty versus necessity
- Claim type versus truth value
- Consistency
- Containment of predicate in subject
- Contradiction as a test for analyticity
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