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A model of the universe : space-time, probability, and decision / Storrs McCall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCall, Storrs, author.
- Series:
- Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
- Clarendon library of logic and philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Metaphysics.
- Space and time.
- Probabilities.
- Free will and determinism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Space-time, probability, and decision
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.
- Summary:
- The author presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure. He shows that this theory can illuminate a wide variety of hitherto unresolved philosophical problems. These include: the direction and flow of time; the nature of scientific laws; the interpretation of quantum mechanics; the definition of probability; and more.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Bob Hale and Aviv Hoffmann
- Metaphysics and logic. Merely possible propositions / Robert Stalnaker ; Response to Robert Stalnaker / Aviv Hoffmann ; Logical necessity / Ian Rumfitt ; Semantic Necessity / Kit Fine ; Modal logic within counterfactual logic / Timothy Williamson ; Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent? / David Efird ; Metaphysical dependence : grounding and reduction / Gideon Rosen ; On the source of necessity / Ross P. Cameron ; The reality of modality / Anna Sherratt ; IBE, GMR, and metaphysical projects / Scott A. Shalkowski ; Modal commitments / John Divers ; Response to John Divers / Daniel Nolan
- Epistemology. Permission and (so-called epistemic) possibility / Stephen Yablo ; Response to Stephen Yablo / David Efird ; Possible worlds and the necessary a posteriori / Frank Jackson ; Response to Frank Jackson / Penelope Mackie ; Apriorism about modality / Scott Sturgeon ; Response to Scott Sturgeon / C.S. Jenkins ; Conceivability and apparent possibility / Dominic Gregory ; Response to Dominic Gregory / Ross P. Cameron.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
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