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Modality and explanatory reasoning /
Boris Kment takes a new approach to the study of modality that emphasises the origin of modal notions in everyday thought. He argues that the concepts of necessity and possibility originate in counterfactual reasoning, which allows us to investigate explanatory connections. Contrary to accepted view...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Synopsis
- The nature of modality
- Absolute necessity and iterated modality
- On the contingency of worlds
- A theory of worlds
- Essence, laws, and explanation
- Metaphysical and nomic necessity
- The standards of colseness
- Clarifications, additions, and objections
- Causation, nomic determination, and the counterfactual test
- On the genealogy of modality
- Extensions and limitations of the counterfactual test.