Modern Modalities Studies of the History of Modal Theories from Medieval Nominalism to Logical Positivism
The word "modem" in the title of this book refers primarily to post-medieval discussions, but it also hints at those medieval mo dal theories which were considered modem in contradistinction to ancient conceptions and which in different ways influenced philosophical discussions during the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1988, 1988
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1988 |
| Series: | Synthese Historical Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Foundations of Modality and Conceivability in Descartes and his Predecessors
- Hobbes’s System of Modalities
- Was Leibniz’s Deity an Akrates?
- Hegel on Modalities and Monadology
- Plenitude and Contingency: Modal Concepts in Nineteenth Century French Philosophy
- Frege and his German Contemporaries on Alethic Modalities
- From Possibility to Probability: British Discussions on Modality in the Nineteenth Century
- The Failure of Logical Positivism to Cope with Problems of Modal Theory
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects