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"Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of "possible worlds." The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and relations. It is moti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of "possible worlds." The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and relations. It is motivated by considerations about how we actually speak of and think of objects. Michael Jubien discusses several closely related topics, including different purported varieties of possible worlds, the doctrine of "essentialism," natural kind terms and alleged examples of necessity a posteriori. The book also offers a new theory of the functioning of proper names, both actual and fictional, and the discussion of natural kind terms and necessity a posteriori depends in part on this theory."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 211 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191567421 0191567426 9780199232789 0199232784 1282126067 9781282126060 9780191809798 0191809799 9786612126062 661212606X |