02158nam 2200565 450 991082314620332120200520144314.00-7391-8758-9(CKB)2550000001157664(EBL)1524045(OCoLC)862746201(SSID)ssj0001041392(PQKBManifestationID)12399185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041392(PQKBWorkID)11045818(PQKB)11419124(MiAaPQ)EBC1524045(Au-PeEL)EBL1524045(CaPaEBR)ebr10792229(CaONFJC)MIL540710(EXLCZ)99255000000115766420131206h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReturn From exile a theory of possibility /Ermanno BencivengaLanham :Lexington Books,[2013]©20131 online resource (115 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8523-3 1-306-09459-3 Includes bibliographies and index.Contents; AUTHOR'S NOTE; PROLOGUE IN PLATONIC HEAVEN; Chapter One: EXILE; Chapter Two: POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL; Chapter Three: SECONDARY QUALITIES; Chapter Four: THE ONE AND THE MANY; Chapter Five: THE THEATER OF BEING; Chapter Six: PATTERNS; Chapter Seven: SUBJECTS; Chapter Eight: A POSSIBLE RETURN; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; Index of NamesReturn from Exile: A Theory of Possibility challenges the modern understanding of possibility, which dates back to Leibniz and sees possibility as evasion, as irrelevant to the actual world. It offers an alternative account where reality is literally constituted of multiple possibilities. PhilosophyPossibilityPhilosophy.Possibility.123Bencivenga Ermanno1950-44782MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823146203321Return From exile4055076UNINA