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

Chihara, Charles S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199246556 ISBN 13 : 9780199246557

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199246556
• ISBN 13: 9780199246557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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