Referential opacity and modal logic / / Dagfinn Follesdal

• Autore: Follesdal Dagfinn
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 160
• Soggetto topico: Modality (Logic)
• Note generali: First published 2004 by Routledge.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Referential and Extensional Opacity; 1. Introduction; 2. Criteria for Referential and Extensional Opacity; 3. Alternative Criteria for Referential Opacity; 4. Examples and Further Characteristics of Referential and Extensional Opacity; 5. Interrelations between Referential Opacity and Extensional Opacity; Chapter Two: The Logical Modalities; 6. Different Kinds of Modalities; 7. Unquantified Modal Logic; 8. Quantified Modal Logic; 9. Systems of Quantified Modal Logic ; 10. Difficulties Relating to Quantification into Modal Contexts11. Interpreting Quantified Modal Logic; Chapter Three: Identity of Individuals; 12. The Identity of Individuals in Quantified Modal Logic; 13. The Identity of Individuals in the Proposed Systems of Quantified Modal Logic; Chapter Four: Distinctness of Individuals; 14. The Distinctness of Individuals, and Mixtures of Quantifiers and Modal Operators in Quantified Modal Logic; 15. The Distinctness of Individuals, and Mixtures of Quantifiers and Modal Operators in the Proposed Systems of Quantified Modal Logic ; Chapter Five: Singular Terms and Singular Inference16. Definite Descriptions in Modal Logic; 17. Singular Terms and the Individuation of Our Objects; 18. Substitutivity of Identity and Other Types of Inference Turning on Singular Terms; Chapter Six: Examination of the Difficulties; 19. Examination of the Difficulties Surveyed in Section 10; 20. Other Difficulties in Quantified Modal Logic; Chapter Seven: Other Types of Opaque Contexts; 21. Causal Modalities. Counterfactuals; 22. Deontic Modalities; 23. Epistemic Modalities; 24. Belief Contexts; 25. Other Contexts ; Appendix I: Postulate Sets for the Systems of Truth-Functional Modal Logic Mentioned in the ThesisAppendix II: The System of Church; Addendum; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This landmark dissertation (1961) provides a systematic introduction to systems of modal logic and stands as the first presentation of what have become central ideas in philosophy of language and metaphysics, from the 'new theory of reference' and non-linguistic necessity and essentialism to 'Kripke semantics'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Referential opacity and modal logic
• ISBN: 1-135-94935-2; 1-135-94936-0; 1-280-23964-6; 9786610239641; 0-203-33729-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807401603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in philosophy (New York, N.Y.)