자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Stalnaker, Robert. |
서명/저자사항 | Mere possibilities[electronic resource] :metaphysical foundations of modal semantics /Robert Stalnaker. |
발행사항 | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xii, 167 p.) |
총서사항 | Carl G. Hempel lecture series |
ISBN | 9781400842292 (electronic bk.) 1400842298 (electronic bk.) 9780691147123 (hbk. acid-free paper) 0691147124 (hbk. acid-free paper) |
기타표준부호 | 9786613379665 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index. |
내용주기 | On what there isn't (but might have been) -- Merely possible possible worlds -- What is Haecceitism, and is it true? -- Disentangling semantics from metaphysics -- Modal realism, modal rationalism, modal naturalism -- Appendix A : modeling contingently existing propositions -- Appendix B : propositional functions and properties -- Appendix C : a model for a mighty language -- Appendix D : counterpart semantics for the cheap Haecceitist. |
요약 | "It seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed. But how should we understand such claims? Standard semantic theories exploit the Leibnizian metaphor of a set of all possible worlds: a proposition might or must be true if it is true in some or all possible worlds. The actualist, who believes that nothing exists except what actually exists, prefers to talk of possible states of the world, or of ways that a world might be. But even the actualist still faces the problem of explaining what we are talking about when we talk about the domains of other possible worlds. In Mere Possibilities, Robert Stalnaker develops a framework for clarifying this problem, and explores a number of actualist strategies for solving it. Some philosophers have hypothesized a realm of individual essences that stand as proxies for all merely possible beings. Others have argued that we are committed to the necessary existence of everything that does or might exist. In contrast, Mere Possibilities shows how we can make sense of ordinary beliefs about what might and must exist without making counterintuitive metaphysical commitments. The book also sheds new light on the nature of metaphysical theorizing by exploring the interaction of semantic and metaphysical issues, the connections between different metaphysical issues, and the nature of ontological commitment."--Dust jacket. |
일반주제명 | Possibility. Modality (Logic) Metaphysics. Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Logic. PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. Metaphysics. Modality (Logic). Possibility. |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:Stalnaker, Robert.Mere possibilities.Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c20129780691147123 |
대출바로가기 | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=421484 |
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