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    Mark Brown — Carmelics
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    Mark Brown

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    Mark Brown is a contemporary analytic philosopher working primarily on modal logic, agency, and the philosophy of action. His work engages with formal approaches to ability, obligation, and the semantics of action sentences.

    Notable Achievements

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    Critiqued the modal analysis of ability (MA)

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    Contributed to formal theories of agency and action

    3

    Advanced work on deontic logic and ability ascriptions

    4

    Published on the semantics of 'can' and 'able to'

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Moral Responsibility

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    The modal analysis of ability (MA) must be rejected

    Modality & Possibility

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    The modal analysis of ability (MA) must be rejected

    At a Glance

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    Analytic Philosophy

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    Modality & Possibility1
    Moral Responsibility1

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