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Topics in the philosophy of possible worlds /
This book discusses a range of important issues in current philosophical work on the nature of possible worlds. Areas investigated include the theories of the nature of possible worlds, general questions about metaphysical analysis and questions about the direction of dependence between what is nece...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Colección: | Studies in philosophy (New York, N.Y.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Possible Worlds. What are "Possible Worlds"? The Competing Theories of Possible Worlds
- Ch. 2. Towards Explaining The Connection Between Modality And Possible Worlds. What Might the Connection between Possible Worlds Talk and Modal Operator Talk be? The Primitives of a Theory. Modal Primitives
- Ch. 3. Expressive Completeness Without Possible Worlds: The Hazen Cases. Neutral Quantification. The First Three Hazen Cases: Problems of Existence. Hazen Case Number Four: A Case to be Set Aside. Two Challenging Hazen Cases. Defending The Use of Second-Order QML
- Ch. 4. Problems For 'Strong' Modal Fictionalism. Three Varieties of Modal Fictionalism: Broad, Timid and Strong. The First Problem: Artificiality.