Possibility [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Jubien
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Jubien Michael
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| Titolo: |
Possibility [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Jubien
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 123 |
| 111 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Possibility |
| Metaphysics | |
| Necessity (Philosophy) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. Concrete Entities; 2. Abstract Entities; 3. Against Possible Worlds; 4. The Core Analysis; 5. Proper Names; 6. Fictional Names; 7. Natural Kind Terms; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Possibility is a philosophical treatise on the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity. Jubien rejects the idea of possible worlds, and starts instead the notion of a physical object and the positing of properties and relations. He has new things to say about such topics as essentialism, natural kinds, and proper names. - ;Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of 'possible worlds'. The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and r |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Possibility |
| ISBN: | 0-19-180979-9 |
| 1-282-12606-7 | |
| 9786612126062 | |
| 0-19-156742-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454809703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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