The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic - Couverture rigide

Chihara, Charles S.

 
9780198237679: The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198237677 ISBN 13 : 9780198237679
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

Charles Chihara gives a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible worlds of which the actual world--the universe in which we live--is just one. The striking success of possible-worlds semantics in modal logic has made this ontological doctrine attractive. Modal realists maintain that philosophers must accept the existence of possible worlds if they wish to have the benefit of using possible-worlds semantics to assess modal arguments and explain modal principles. Chihara challenges this claim, and argues instead for modality without worlds; he offers a new account of the role of interpretations or structures of the formal languages of logic.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Charles Chihara gives a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible worlds of which the actual world -- the universe in which we live -- is just one. The striking success of possible-worlds semantics in modal logic has made this ontological doctrine attractive. Modal realists maintain that philosophers must accept the existence of possible worlds if they wish to have the benefit of using possible-worlds semantics to assess modal arguments and explain modal principles. Chihara challenges this claim, and argues instead for modality without worlds; he offers a new account of the role of interpretations or structures of the formal languages of logic.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles S. Chihara is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198237677
ISBN 13 
9780198237679
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
354
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ISBN 10 :  0199246556 ISBN 13 :  9780199246557
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001
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