Modality

ISBN-13: 9781902683485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 198 str.

Joseph Melia

Opis

This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the de re/de dicto distinction, conventionalist and conceptualist theories of modality and some of the key problems in modality, particularly Quine's criticisms.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction to modality 2. Modal language and modal logic 3. Quinian scepticism 4. Modalism 5. Extreme realism 6. Quiet moderate realism 7. Possible worlds as sets of sentences Notes Further reading Index

O autorze

Joseph Melia