Modality and Tense: Philosophical Papers

Kit Fine0199278709, 9780199278701

Книга Modality and Tense: Philosophical Papers Modality and Tense: Philosophical Papers Книги Психология, философия Автор: Kit Fine Год издания: 2005 Формат: pdf Издат.:Oxford University Press Страниц: 396 Размер: 1,4 ISBN: 0199278709 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Since the 1970s Kit Fine has been one of the leading contributors to work at the intersection of logic and metaphysics. This is his eagerly-awaited first book in the area. It draws together a series of essays, three of them previously unpublished, on possibility, necessity, and tense. These puzzling aspects of the way the world is have been the focus of considerable philosophical attention in recent decades. A helpful introduction orients the reader and offers a way into some of the most original work in contemporary philosophy.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 7
Introduction……Page 10
I. Issues in the Philosophy of Language……Page 26
1. Reference, Essence, and Identity……Page 28
2. The Problem of De Re Modality……Page 49
3. Quine on Quantifying In……Page 114
II. Issues in Ontology……Page 140
4. Prior on the Construction of Possible Worlds and Instants……Page 142
5. Plantinga on the Reduction of Possibilist Discourse……Page 185
6. The Problem of Possibilia……Page 223
III. Issues in Metaphysics……Page 242
7. The Varieties of Necessity……Page 244
8. Tense and Reality……Page 270
9. Necessity and Non-Existence……Page 330
IV. Reviews……Page 364
10. Review of Counterfactuals……Page 366
11. Review of The Nature of Necessity……Page 375
References……Page 380
C……Page 388
F……Page 389
L……Page 390
N……Page 391
P……Page 392
R……Page 393
S……Page 394
W……Page 395