American philosopher who has defended conventionalism about modal necessity — necessary truths are necessary because of linguistic convention, not mind-independent modal facts.
Necessity, Essence, and Individuation: a defense of conventionalism about modality — our modal intuitions reflect conventions for applying concepts, not mind-independent necessary connections. Contributed to the debate between essentialism and conventionalism.
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