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THE POSS-ABILITY PRINCIPLE, G-CASES, AND FITCH PROPOSITIONS (pages 117-125)

Noah GORDON ABSTRACT: There is a very plausible principle linking abilities and possibilities: If S is able to Φ, then it is metaphysically possible that S Φ’s. Jack Spencer recently proposed a class of counterexamples to this principle involving the ability to know certain propositions. I renew an argument against these counterexamples based on the unknowability of Fitch propositions. In …

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