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1 online resource (0 p.) |
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Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Ser |
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Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Ser
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction Modal matters: philosophical significance -- References -- Part 1: Worlds and modality -- Chapter 1: Possible worlds -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Possible worlds semantics -- 1.3 Counterpart theory and possibilities -- 1.4 Belief and centered worlds -- 1.5 Conditionals and impossible worlds -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Actualism 1 -- 2.1 Slogans and refinements -- 2.2 Challenges to actualism |
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2.3 Should we scrap the actualism/possibilism dispute in favor of the necessitism/contingentism dispute? -- 2.4 On the relations between actualism, possibilism, necessitism, and contingentism -- 2.5 Yet another distinction -- 2.6 The spirit vs. the letter of actualism -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Counterfactual Conditionals -- Introduction -- Early theories -- Possible-worlds semantics -- Similarity between worlds -- Lewis versus Stalnaker -- Final thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4: Impossibility and impossible worlds -- Introduction -- Some uses for impossible worlds |
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The nature of impossible worlds -- Objections to postulating impossible worlds -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The origins of logical space -- 5.1 Does logical space have an origin at all? -- 5.2 A case for an origin -- 5.3 Current "origins" views -- 5.4 The best of both worlds -- 5.5 Natural powers aren't enough -- 5.6 So let's consider non-natural powers -- 5.7 Wherein I pull God out of a hat -- 5.8 God as originating logical space -- Notes -- References -- Part 2: Essentialism, ontological dependence, and modality -- Chapter 6: Essentialism and modality |
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Essentialism, essential properties, and essence -- Fine's critique of the modal conception of essence -- What essential properties do things have? -- Metaphysical modality based on essence -- Essentialism and necessary a posteriori truth -- De dicto modality and essentialism about kinds -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: De re modality -- 7.1 Conceptualist skepticism about de re modality -- 7.2 Haecceitism and anti-haecceitism -- 7.3 Some forms of anti-haecceitist and haecceitist conceptualism -- 7.4 Arguments for and against haecceitism -- 7.5 Modal contingentism -- Notes -- References |
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Chapter 8: Relativized metaphysical modality: Index and context -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The classical theory -- 8.2.1 A propositional modal fragment -- 8.2.2 A referential modal fragment -- 8.2.3 A quantificational modal fragment -- 8.3 Metaphysical challenges to the classical theory -- 8.3.1 Laws of nature and the propositional fragment -- 8.3.1.1 Nomological necessity and sensitivity? -- 8.3.1.2 Postclassical semantics: accessibility -- 8.3.2 Essence and the referential fragment -- 8.3.2.1 'Chisholm's Paradox': moderate centering origin essentialism? |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Shalkowski, Scott A
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| ISBN |
9781317585282 |
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1317585283 |
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