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Published: 30th April 1990
ISBN: 9780521377805
Number Of Pages: 172
David Armstrong's new book is a contribution to recent philosophical discussion about possible worlds. Taking Wittgenstein's Tractatus as his point of departure, Professor Armstrong argues that nonactual possibilities and possible worlds are recombinations of actually existing elements, and as such are useful fictions. There is an extended criticism of the alternative-possible-worlds approach championed by the American philosopher David Lewis. This major new work will be read with interest by a wide range of philosophers.
| Preface | |
| Non-Naturalist Theories of Possibility | |
| The causal argument | |
| Non-Naturalist theories of possibility | |
| A Combinatorial and Naturalist Account of Possibility | |
| Possibility in a simple world | |
| Expanding and contracting the world | |
| Relative atoms | |
| Are there de re incompatibilities and necessities? | |
| Higher-order entities, negation and causation | |
| Supervenience | |
| Mathematics | |
| Final questions: logic | |
| Works cited | |
| Appendix: Tractarian Nominalism Brian Skyrms | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780521377805
ISBN-10: 0521377803
Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 172
Published: 30th April 1990
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.64 x 13.87
x 1.02
Weight (kg): 0.18
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