Research areas
I work in metaphysics and philosophical logic, particularly at the intersection of the two. Most of my work to date has been in modal metaphysics, i.e., contingentism vs. necessitism and propositional or higher-order contingentism. I'm also more broadly interested in the metaphysics and ontology of properties and propositions, and other topics in ontology and formal ontology, e.g., ontological nihilism, composition, and unity.
Selected publications
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Contingentism and fragile worlds
Masterman, C., 7 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Inquiry - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. Latest Articles, 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Serious actualism and nonexistence
Masterman, C., 3 Mar 2024, In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 102, 3, p. 658-674 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Some ways the ways the world could have been can't be
Masterman, C., 1 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Philosophical Logic. 53, p. 997-1025 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What does nihilism tell us about modal logic?
Masterman, C., 1 Aug 2024, In: Philosophical Studies. 181, p. 1851-1875 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Serious actualism, typography, and incompossible sentences
Masterman, C. J., 18 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Erkenntnis. First Online, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Propositional contingentism and possible worlds
Masterman, C. J., 27 Sept 2022, In: Synthese. 200, 5, 34 p., 409.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review