A critical introduction to the metaphysics of modality /
"A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality examines the eight main contemporary theories of possibility behind a central metaphysical topic. Covering modal skepticism, modal expressivism, modalism, modal realism, ersatzism, modal fictionalism, modal agnosticism, and the new modal a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016.
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Colección: | Bloomsbury critical introductions to contemporary metaphysics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FC; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Framing the debate; 1. The metaphysics of modality: A historical overview; 2. Modal skepticism and modal expressivism; 3. Modalism; 4. Modal realism; 5. Ersatzism; 6. Modal fictionalism and modal agnosticism; 7. The new modal actualism; 8. Necessities, necessary existents, and their bounds; Epilogue: Modal talk and the analyses of modality; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Terms.