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This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the ""de re/de dicto"" distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melia, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Colección:Central problems of philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the ""de re/de dicto"" distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and some of the key problems in modality, particularly Quine's criticisms. It then moves on to explain how possible worlds provide a solution to many of the problems in modality and how possible worlds themselves have been used to analyse notions outside modality such as properties and propositions. Possible worlds introd.
Notas:Originally published 2003 by Acumen.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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