| The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic Contributor(s): Chihara, Charles S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199246556 ISBN-13: 9780199246557 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: A powerful challenge to some highly influential theories, this book offers a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that many possible worlds exist of which our own universe is just one. Chihara challenges this claim and offers a new argument for modality without worlds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 110 |
| LCCN: 9806633 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.18" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 354 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A powerful challenge to some highly influential theories, this book offers a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that many possible worlds exist of which our own universe is just one. Chihara challenges this claim and offers a new argument for modality without worlds. |