cam a22 7 4500 551376392 CHVBK 20200915044049.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 110920s2012 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2011939335 015986238 Uk 978-0-691-14712-3 0-691-14712-4 (SERSOL)ssj0000638502 (WaSeSS)ssj0000638502 BTCTA eng BTCTA UKMGB CDX BDX VPI YDXCP BWX ZCU MUU DEBBG OBE DLC WaSeSS BC199.P7 S73 2012 111 23 Stalnaker Robert Mere possibilities [Elektronische Daten] metaphysical foundations of modal semantics Robert Stalnaker Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press c2012 1 online resource (xii, 167 p.) Carl G. Hempel lecture series Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index. On what there isn't (but might have been) -- Merely possible possible worlds -- What is Haecceitism, and is it true? -- Disentangling semantics from metaphysics -- Modal realism, modal rationalism, modal naturalism -- Appendix A : modeling contingently existing propositions -- Appendix B : propositional functions and properties -- Appendix C : a model for a mighty language -- Appendix D : counterpart semantics for the cheap Haecceitist. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. "It seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed. But how should we understand such claims? Standard semantic theories exploit the Leibnizian metaphor of a set of all possible worlds: a proposition might or must be true if it is true in some or all possible worlds. The actualist, who believes that nothing exists except what actually exists, prefers to talk of possible states of the world, or of ways that a world might be. But even the actualist still faces the problem of explaining what we are talking about when we talk about the domains of other possible worlds. In Mere Possibilities, Robert Stalnaker develops a framework for clarifying this problem, and explores a number of actualist strategies for solving it. Some philosophers have hypothesized a realm of individual essences that stand as proxies for all merely possible beings. Others have argued that we are committed to the necessary existence of everything that does or might exist. In contrast, Mere Possibilities shows how we can make sense of ordinary beliefs about what might and must exist without making counterintuitive metaphysical commitments. The book also sheds new light on the nature of metaphysical theorizing by exploring the interaction of semantic and metaphysical issues, the connections between different metaphysical issues, and the nature of ontological commitment."--Dust jacket. Possibility Modality (Logic) Metaphysics https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400842292 Uni Basel: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400842292 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Stalnaker Robert IDSBB 490 1- Carl G. Hempel lecture series IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400842292 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400842292 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 264095537