Modality And Identity

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Identity And Modality

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Author : Fraser MacBride
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2006-07-20

Identity And Modality written by Fraser MacBride and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-20 with Philosophy categories.

The papers in this volume address fundamental, and interrelated, philosophical issues concerning modality and identity, issues that have not only been pivotal to the development of analytic philosophy in the twentieth century, but remain a key focus of metaphysical debate in the twenty-first. How are we to understand the concepts of necessity and possibility? Is chance a basic ingredient of reality? How are we to make sense of claims about personal identity? Do numbers require distinctive identity criteria? Does the capacity to identify an object presuppose an ability to bring it under a sortal concept? Rather than presenting a single, partisan perspective, Identity and Modality enriches our understanding of identity and modality by bringing together papers written by leading researchers working in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mathematics. The resulting variety of perspectives correspondingly reflects both the breadth and depth of contemporary theorizing about identity and modality, each paper addressing a particular issue and advancing our knowledge of the area. This volume will provide essential reading for graduate students in the subject and professional philosophers.

Modality And Identity

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Author : John Murray Cochran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Modality And Identity written by John Murray Cochran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Knowledge representation (Information theory) categories.

Ontology Identity And Modality

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Author : Peter Van Inwagen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Ontology Identity And Modality written by Peter Van Inwagen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.

Modalities Identity Belief And Moral Dilemmas

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Author : Michael Frauchiger
language : en
Publisher: ISSN
Release Date : 2015

Modalities Identity Belief And Moral Dilemmas written by Michael Frauchiger and has been published by ISSN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Mathematics categories.

This paper surveys Ruth Marcus' many contributions to modal logic and its interpretation, starting with her pioneer work on quantified modal logic and ending with the controversies concerning the origin of the idea of rigid reference and other basic ideas in the so-called “New theory of reference.” Her contributions are discussed with close attention to who gave credit to whom.

Identity And Modality

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

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Identity Modality And Space Time

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Author : Ellis Joseph Crasnow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983

Identity Modality And Space Time written by Ellis Joseph Crasnow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Space and time categories.

Identity Modality And Schooling

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Author : Ian Neville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Identity Modality And Schooling written by Ian Neville and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.

Keeping Modality In Mind

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Author : Karen E. Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Keeping Modality In Mind written by Karen E. Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.

Modality

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Author : Joseph Melia
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-18

Modality written by Joseph Melia and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Philosophy categories.

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 introduce problems of their own and the book argues that to make progress with these problems a theory of possible worlds is required. The pros and cons of various theories of possible worlds are then examined in turn, including those of Lewis, Kripke, Adams, Stalnaker and Plantinga.

Modality And Meaning

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Author : W.G. Lycan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06

Modality And Meaning written by W.G. Lycan and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Philosophy categories.

Part I of this book presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. `Worlds' themselves are understood as structured sets of properties; this `Ersatzist' view is defended against its most vigorous competitors, Meinongianism and David Lewis' theory of existent concrete worlds. Related issues of essentialism and linguistic reference are explored. Part II takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-world semantics. There are skeptical analyses of analyticity and the notion of a logical constant; and an `infinite polysemy' thesis is defended. The book will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, possible-world semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics.