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This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the ""de re/de dicto"" distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Series: | Central problems of philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the ""de re/de dicto"" distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and some of the key problems in modality, particularly Quine's criticisms. It then moves on to explain how possible worlds provide a solution to many of the problems in modality and how possible worlds themselves have been used to analyse notions outside modality such as properties and propositions. Possible worlds introd. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2003 by Acumen. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315710686 1315710684 1317489675 9781317489672 1317489683 9781317489689 1282921355 9781282921351 9786612921353 6612921358 9781317489665 1317489667 |