The Extent of Impossibility: The Case of Modal Realism - Couverture rigide

Vacek, Martin

 
9783031991233: The Extent of Impossibility: The Case of Modal Realism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3031991230 ISBN 13 : 9783031991233
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

The book examines the notion of impossible worlds. Although the notion of an impossible world is not novel, several misunderstandings and misrepresentations have resulted in philosophical confusion. To avoid such confusion, the analysis here differentiates between the logical, semantic, epistemological, and metaphysical roles of impossible worlds.

The book's central hypothesis is that an understandable taxonomy of extreme positions about impossible worlds is required; it is not easy to hold the middle ground without taking the extreme positions seriously. These positions are compared in order to draw important lessons for logic, epistemology, and metaphysics.

The Extent of Impossibility is essential reading for scholars in philosophy and especially for scholars and researchers focusing on metaphysics, logic and epistemology.

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À propos de l?auteur

Martin Vacek is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he serves as Vice-Director. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Organon F: International Journal for Analytic Philosophy.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3031991230
ISBN 13 
9783031991233
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
129
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