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Eternal Possibilities : A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence /

Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence builds on David Weissman's earlier Dispositional Properties and makes a signal contribution to the study of metaphysics. Here, broadening and enriching the point of view adopted in his earlier work, Weissman cites and criticizes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weissman, David, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, 1977.
Edición:Pbk. ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Platonism in the tractatus
  • Two kinds of possibility: material and eternal
  • Relations among eternal possibilities: the nexus
  • Possibilities instantiated: the actual world
  • Carnap, goodman, and quine: on the relation of language to the world
  • Meaning: the representation of possibilities in language.