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Modality (Central Problems of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 18: Central Problems of Philosophy

Melia, Joseph

 
9781902683478: Modality (Central Problems of Philosophy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1902683471 ISBN 13: 9781902683478
Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

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 introduce problems of their own and the book argues that to make progress with these problems a theory of possible worlds is required. The pros and cons of various theories of possible worlds are then examined in turn, including those of Lewis, Kripke, Adams, Stalnaker and Plantinga.

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Joseph Melia

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1902683471
ISBN 13 
9781902683478
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200