Modalities philosophical essays

These papers cover important themes such as extensionality, the necessity of identity, the conception of proper names as 'tags', essentialism, substitutional quantification, and possibilia and possible worlds. What emerges from them is a robust defence of quantified modal logic in the ligh...

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Main Author: Marcus, Ruth Barcan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1993, 1993
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:These papers cover important themes such as extensionality, the necessity of identity, the conception of proper names as 'tags', essentialism, substitutional quantification, and possibilia and possible worlds. What emerges from them is a robust defence of quantified modal logic in the light of a host of objections, particularly from Quine
Physical Description:xiv, 266 p. ill
ISBN:9780199833412