The nature of necessity / Alvin Plantinga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plantinga, Alvin, author.

Series:

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Logic).

Essentialism (Philosophy).

Necessity (Philosophy).

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 255 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1978.

Summary:

The aim of this study is to explore and defend the notion of modality "de re", the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. The argument is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over such problems as the nature of essence and the problem of evil.

Contents:

Preliminary distinctions and remarks; Modality de re: Objections; Modality de re: Explanations; Worlds, books, and essential properties; The necessity of natures; Transworld identity or worldbound individuals?; Possible but unactual objects: The classical argument; Possible but unactual objects: On what there isn't; God, Evil, and the metaphysics of freedom; God and necessity

Notes:

Originally published: 1974.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-103717-6

1-281-98097-8

9786611980979

0-19-151971-5

OCLC:

507351971