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Epistemology of Modality
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Erstverkaufstag: 01.07.2025
Artikel-Nr:
9780415718905
Veröffentl:
2025
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.07.2025
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Otavio Bueno
Format:
234x156x0 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
This is the first book to provide a thorough introduction to the problem of modal epistemology, examining its main theories and weighing up competing arguments and solutions. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary this book is essential reading for anyone seeking a clear and informative introduction to and assessement of the epistemology of modality.
Introduction 1. Historical Beginnings: Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant 2. Realist Views: Possibilism, Actualism, and Combinatorialism 3. Anti-Realist Views: Fictionalism and Conventionalism 4. Pure Views: Conceivability, Linguistic Understanding, and Counterfactual Reasoning 5. Modalist Views: Essentialist and Deflationary Formulations 6. Modal Skeptical Views Glossary. Index