Cargando…

Necessary beings : an essay on ontology, modality, and the relations between them /

Bob Hale presents a broadly Fregean approach to metaphysics according to which ontology and modality are mutually dependent upon one another. He argues that facts about what kinds of things exist depend on facts about what is possible. Modal facts are fundamental, and have their basis in the essence...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hale, Bob, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Bob Hale presents a broadly Fregean approach to metaphysics according to which ontology and modality are mutually dependent upon one another. He argues that facts about what kinds of things exist depend on facts about what is possible. Modal facts are fundamental, and have their basis in the essences of things - not in meanings or concepts.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 298 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191648342
0191648345
9780191765186
019176518X