Modalities, identity, belief, and moral dilemmas : themes from Barcan Marcus / edited by Michael Frauchiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frauchiger, Michael, Editor.

Contributor:

Frauchiger, Michael, editor.

Series:

Lauener library of analytical philosophy ; Volume 3.

Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy, 2198-2155 ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marcus, Ruth Barcan.

Modality (Logic).

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume opens up stimulating new perspectives on a broad variety of Barcan Marcus’s concerns ranging from the systematic foundation and interpretation of quantified modal logic, nature of extensionality, necessity of identity, direct reference theory for proper names, notions of essentialism, second-order modal logic, modal metaphysics, properties and classes, substitutional and objectual quantification, actualism, the Barcan formula, possibilia and possible-world semantics to epistemic and deontic modalities, non-language-centered theories of belief, accounts of rationality, consistency of a moral code, moral dilemmas, and much more. The contributions demonstrate that Barcan Marcus’s original and clear ideas have had a formative influence on the direction in which certain themes central to today’s philosophical debate have developed. Furthermore, the volume includes an illuminating intellectual autobiography from Barcan Marcus herself as well as an informal interview containing her unfiltered, frank answers. The book brings together contributions by Ruth Barcan Marcus, Timothy Williamson, Dagfinn Føllesdal, Joëlle Proust, Pascal Engel, Edgar Morscher, Erik J. Olsson, and Michael Frauchiger.

Contents:

Front matter

Modalities, Identity, Belief, and Moral Dilemmas

Contents

Proem: Highlighting Ruth Barcan Marcus’s Courageous Philosophical Life and Work

Laudatio: Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921‒2012)

A Philosopher’s Calling

Ruth Marcus, Modal Logic and Rigid Reference

Barcan Formulas in Second-Order Modal Logic

Is Identity a Functional Property?

Barcan Marcus on Belief and Rationality

Ruth Barcan Marcus on Believing Without a Language

Moral Dilemmas: From a Logical and from a Moral Point of View

Interview with Ruth Barcan Marcus

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110429558

3110429551

9783110429725

3110429721

OCLC:

930445570