Modality / / Joseph Melia
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| Autore: |
Melia Joseph
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| Titolo: |
Modality / / Joseph Melia
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 160 |
| Soggetto topico: | Modality (Logic) |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2003 by Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Modality |
| ISBN: | 1-317-48967-5 |
| 1-317-48968-3 | |
| 1-315-71068-4 | |
| 1-282-92135-5 | |
| 9786612921353 | |
| 1-84465-334-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458785103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Central problems of philosophy.