Eternal Possibilities : A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weissman, David, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, 1977.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
metaphysics.
epistemology.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Metaphysique.
Theorie de la connaissance.
Metaphysics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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