| Description |
1 online resource (387 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Issues in the Philosophy of language. Reference, essence, and identity -- The problem of De Re modality -- Quine on quantifying in -- pt. 2. Issues in Ontology. Prior on the construction of possible worlds and instants -- Plantinga on the reduction of possibilist discourse -- The problem of possibilia -- pt. 3. Issues in Metaphysics. The varieties of necessity -- Tense and reality -- Necessity and non-existence -- pt. 4. Reviews. Review of 'Counterfactuals' by David Lewis -- Review of 'The Nature of Necessity' by Alvin Plantinga |
| Summary |
In this book, Kit Fine draws together a series of essays, three of them previously unpublished, on possibility, necessity, and tense |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-378) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Modality (Logic)
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Modality (Linguistics)
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Tense (Logic)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Logic.
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Modality (Linguistics)
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Modality (Logic)
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Tense (Logic)
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Zeit
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Notwendigkeit
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Modalität
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Ontologie
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Metaphysik
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Modaliteit.
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Logica.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
0199278709 |
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9780199278701 |
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9781435623767 |
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1435623762 |
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9780199278718 |
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0199278717 |
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9780191535321 |
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019153532X |
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9780191603105 |
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0191603104 |
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