ABSTRACT

This paper proposes a new reductive theory of modality, called the moodless theory of modality. This theory, and not modal realism, is the closest modal analogue of the tenseless theory of time. So, if the tenseless theory is true, and the temporality–modality analogy is good, it is the moodless theory that follows. I also argue that the moodless theory, considered on its own, is better than modal realism: arguments often thought to be decisive against modal realism are weak against it.

中文翻译：

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模态的 Moodles 理论：介绍和辩护

摘要

本文提出了一种新的情态还原理论，称为情态无情绪理论。这个理论，而不是模态实在论，是最接近无时态时间理论的模态类似物。因此，如果无时态理论是正确的，并且时间性-情态类比是好的，那么接下来就是无情绪理论。我还认为，单独考虑的无情绪理论比模态实在论要好：通常被认为对模态实在论起决定性作用的论点对它来说是软弱的。