A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality - Couverture souple

Borghini, Andrea

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472525264 ISBN 13 : 9781472525260

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality examines the eight main contemporary theories of possibility behind a central metaphysical topic. Covering modal skepticism, modal expressivism, modalism, modal realism, ersatzism, modal fictionalism, modal agnosticism, and the new modal actualism, this comprehensive introduction to modality places contemporary debates in an historical context.

Beginning with a historical overview, Andrea Borghini discusses Parmenides and Zeno; looks at how central Medieval authors such as Aquinas, and Buridan prepared the ground for the Early Modern radical views of Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume and discusses advancements in semantics in the later-half of the twentieth century a resulted in the rise of modal metaphysics, the branch characterizing the past few decades of philosophical reflection. Framing the debate according to three main perspectives - logical, epistemic, metaphysical- Borghini provides the basic concepts and terms required to discuss modality.

With suggestions of further reading and end-of-chapter study questions, A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality is an up-to-date resource for students working in contemporary metaphysics seeking a better understanding of this crucial topic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Andrea Borghini is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472525264
• ISBN 13: 9781472525260
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 234
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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