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The Possible and the actual : readings in the metaphysics of modality / edited by Michael J. Loux.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modality (Logic).
- Modality (Theory of knowledge).
- Possibility.
- Reality.
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1979.
- Contents:
- Loux, M. J. Introduction.
- Hintikka, J. The modes of modality.- Chisholm, R. M. Identity through possible worlds.
- Kaplan, D. Transworld heir lines.
- Lewis, D. Counterpart theory and quantified modal logic.- Cresswell, M. J. The world is everything that is the case.
- Plantinga. A Transworld identity or worldbound individuals? Rescher, N. The ontology of the possible.
- Lewis, D. Possible worlds.
- Adams, R. M. Theories of actuality.
- Kaplan, D. How to Russell a frege-church.
- Stalnaker, R. C. Possible worlds.
- Mondadori, F. and Morton, A. Modal realism.- Plantinga, A. Actualism and possible worlds.
- Lycan, W. The trouble with possible worlds.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 317-329.
- ISBN:
- 0801412382
- OCLC:
- 5051684
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