Descartes' Modal Metaphysics
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Description: Interpretations of René Descartes' ontology of necessities and possibilities; by David Cunning.
Descartes' Modal Metaphysics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Descartes' Modal Metaphysics First published Mon Apr 15, 2002; substantive revision Wed May 18, 2011 Descartes sometimes speaks of things that have possible existence, in addition to speaking of things as having actual existence. He also speaks of eternal and necessary truths that God could nonetheless make false. One of the interpretive projects that is inspired by Descartes' claims about possibility and necessity is the construction of a general Cartesian theory of modality. Any such theory would of course need to be sensitive to what Descartes says about possibility and necessity, but it must also be sensitive to his larger metaphysical system.
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