Return From exile : a theory of possibility / / Ermanno Bencivenga
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| Autore: |
Bencivenga Ermanno <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Return From exile : a theory of possibility / / Ermanno Bencivenga
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (115 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 123 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy |
| Possibility | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Names |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Return 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Return From exile |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-8758-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823146203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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