Impossible worlds / Francesco Berto and Mark Jago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berto, Francesco, author.

Jago, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Possibility.

Concepts.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.

Contents:

Part I Impossibilities p. 9

1 From Possible to Impossible Worlds p. 11

2 Metaphysics p. 41

3 Ersatz Modal Realism p. 73

Part II Logical Applications p. 93

4 Modal Logics p. 95

5 Epistemic Logics p. 107

6 Relevant Logics p. 125

7 The Logic of Imagination p. 141

Part III Philosophical Applications p. 159

8 Hyperintensionality p. 161

9 Information and Content p. 185

10 Epistemic and Doxastic Contents p. 213

11 Fiction and Fictional Objects p. 239

12 Counterpossible Conditionals p. 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198812795

9780198812791

OCLC:

1080916323