Possible Worlds

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Routledge, 16 gen 2006 - 400 pagine

Up-to-date and comprehensive study of a major topic in philosophy

The first critical account of forty years of literature on possible worlds

A huge topic in analytic philosophy especially in the past twenty-five yeasr and one of the major problems in philosophy as a whole

This is the only book available that will introduce the topic to students in philosophy

John Divers has taught possible worlds for many years

 

Sommario

Where possibleworld talk is used
3
12 INTENSIONS
9
13 RELATIONS OVER INTENSIONS
10
What possibleworld talk means
15
22 INTERPRETATIONS OF PW
16
23 APPLICATIONS OF PW
18
24 ABSTENTIONISM REALISM AND ANTIREALISM
19
25 REALISMS
21
Actualist realism
167
Actualist realism exposition
169
101 PLANTINGAN REALISM PR
173
102 COMBINATORIAL REALISM CR
174
103 NATURE REALISM NR
177
104 BOOK REALISM BR
178
Actualist realism conceptual applications
181
111 BR AND PRIMITIVE MODAL CONCEPTS
182

26 ANTIREALISMS
22
Why possibleworld talk is used
26
32 ONTOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF PW
32
33 SEMANTIC APPLICATIONS OF PW
34
34 A SKETCH OF A KRIPKEAN PWSEMANTICS FOR QML
36
35 OTHER APPLICATIONS OF PW
39
Genuine realism
41
Genuine realism exposition and applications
43
42 ONTOLOGY AND PRIMITIVE CONCEPTS
45
43 CONCEPTUAL APPLICATIONS
47
44 ONTOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
51
45 SEMANTIC APPLICATIONS
57
Genuine realism quantification over nonactuals
59
52 ANALYTIC ACTUALISM
62
53 GENUINE WORLDS ARE NOT PROPER INDIVIDUALS
65
54 FROM POSSIBILIA TO IMPOSSIBILIA
67
55 THE INCALCULABLE COSTS OF IMPOSSIBILIA
76
56 THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SINGULAR REFERENCE TO NONACTUAL INDIVIDUALS
77
Genuine realism worlds
86
61 NONINDIVIDUALS
87
62 DISCONNECTED TIMES
90
63 TEMPORALLY DISCONNECTED DUAL EXISTENCES
91
64 ISLAND UNIVERSES
93
65 NONACTUAL SPATIOTEMPORAL RELATIONS
99
66 RECOMBINATION
100
67 UNWORLDLY GENUINE REALISM
103
Genuine realism unanalysed modality
106
72 CONCEPTUALLY MODAL ANALYSIS
108
73 DOXASTICALLY MODAL ANALYSIS
110
74 ONTOLOGICALLY MODAL ANALYSIS
112
75 THE INFINITUDE OF ALIEN PROPERTIES
114
76 FROM INFINITUDE TO INCOMPLETENESS
117
Genuine realism counterparts
122
81 IRRELEVANCE
124
82 CONCERN
133
83 INTUITIONS OF TRUTH AND VALIDITY
139
84 THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEREGULATION
144
Genuine realism epistemology
149
91 THE UTILITARIAN CASE FOR GR KNOWLEDGE
151
92 UTILITY AS WARRANT IN ONTOLOGY
155
93 OBSTACLES TO A PRIORICITY
158
94 SCEPTICISM ABOUT EPISTEMOLOG1CAL OBJECTIONS TO GR
164
112 CR AND PRIMITIVE MODAL CONCEPTS
189
113 NR AND PRIMITIVE MODAL CONCEPTS
191
Actualist realism ontological applications
196
122 TRUTHMAKING
201
Actualist realism semantic applications
210
131 THE DPROBLEM
211
132 D AS THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS
213
133 D AS THE ACTUAL SINGULAR TERMS
216
134 D AS THE INDIVIDUAL ESSENCES
219
135 THE VPROBLEM AND ITS EXISTENTIALIST SOLUTION
223
Actualist realism safe and sane ontology?
227
141 THE ACTUAL WORLD
228
142 ABSTRACTNESS
229
143 UNREALIZED EXISTENCE
231
144 CRITERIA OF IDENTITY
232
145 PROPERTIES
237
146 STATES OF AFFAIRS
239
Actualist realism paradox
243
152 KAPLAN PARADOXES
245
153 PWPARADOX AND THE SPECIES OF AR
246
154 RESTRICTION SOLUTIONS
249
155 PROPER CLASS SOLUTIONS
251
156 NONMAXIMALITY SOLUTIONS
252
Actualist realism transworld identity and transworld identification
257
161 DISTINGUISHING TRANSWORLD IDENTITY THESES
258
162 THE DISCERNIBILITY ARGUMENT AGAINST TRANSWORLD IDENTITY
261
163 THE ADAMNOAH EXAMPLE
263
164 GR HAECCEITISM AND NONTRIVIAL ESSENTIALISM
265
165 AR HAECCEITISM AND NONTRIVIAL ESSENTIALISM
268
166 THE TRANSWORLD IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM
270
167 SEMANTIC STIPULATION AND MODAL EPISTEMOLOGY
272
Actualist realism representation
275
172 LINGUISTIC AR REVITALIZED
278
173 MISREPRESENTATION BY GR
284
174 MAGICAL REPRESENTATION BY AR
286
175 TU QUOQUE
289
Conclusion
293
Summary and evaluation
295
Notes
298
Extended bibliography
361
Index
373
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Informazioni sull'autore (2006)

John Divers is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leeds. He has written many journal articles on modality and analytic philosophy which have appeared in journals such as Mind, Nous, Synthese, Philosophical Studies, Analysis, Australasian Journal of Philosophy and the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

Informazioni bibliografiche

TitoloPossible Worlds
Problems of Philosophy
AutoreJohn Divers
EditoreRoutledge, 2006
ISBN1134731604, 9781134731602
Lunghezza400 pagine
  
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