The Contingent Spotlight Theory

ABSTRACT In this paper I defend the Contingent Spotlight Theory , a theory of modality analogous to the Moving Spotlight Theory in the philosophy of time. My defence of the theory consists in developing responses to three objections that have been raised against it, two of which are due to Lewis (1986). I also argue that the version of the contingent spotlight theory I develop in response to these objections has some advantages over its closest rival, Philip Bricker's (2006, 2008) ‘Leibnizian Realism’.