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200 10$aModality /$fJoseph Melia
210  1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2014.
215   $a1 online resource (311 p.)
225 1 $aCentral problems of philosophy
300   $aFirst published 2003 by Acumen.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to modality; 2 Modal language and modal logic; 3 Quinian scepticism; 4 Modalism; 5 Extreme realism; 6 Quiet moderate realism; 7 Possible worlds as sets of sentences; Notes; Further reading; Index
330   $aThis introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the ""de re/de dicto"" distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and some of the key problems in modality, particularly Quine's criticisms. It then moves on to explain how possible worlds provide a solution to many of the problems in modality and how possible worlds themselves have been used to analyse notions outside modality such as properties and propositions. Possible worlds introd
410  0$aCentral problems of philosophy.
606   $aModality (Logic)
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aModality (Logic)
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