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Critical Introduction To The Metaphysics Of Modality eBook

de Andrea Borghini
idioma: inglês
Editor: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, fevereiro de 2016 ‧
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A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality examines the eight main contemporary theories of possibility behind a central metaphysical topic. Covering modal skepticism, modal expressivism, modalism, modal realism, ersatzism, modal fictionalism, modal agnosticism, and the new modal actualism, this comprehensive introduction to modality places contemporary debates in an historical context.

Beginning with a historical overview, Andrea Borghini discusses Parmenides and Zeno; looks at how central Medieval authors such as Aquinas, and Buridan prepared the ground for the Early Modern radical views of Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume and discusses advancements in semantics in the later-half of the twentieth century a resulted in the rise of modal metaphysics, the branch characterizing the past few decades of philosophical reflection. Framing the debate according to three main perspectives - logical, epistemic, metaphysical- Borghini provides the basic concepts and terms required to discuss modality.

With suggestions of further reading and end-of-chapter study questions, A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality is an up-to-date resource for students working in contemporary metaphysics seeking a better understanding of this crucial topic.

Critical Introduction To The Metaphysics Of Modality

de Andrea Borghini

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9781472533906
Editor: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Data de Lançamento: fevereiro de 2016
Idioma: Inglês
Páginas: 224
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade: PDF para ADE
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Ciências Sociais e Humanas > Filosofia
EAN: 9781472533906

SOBRE O AUTOR

Andrea Borghini

Andrea Borghini é professor associado no Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de Milão e do College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts, EUA).
Ocupa-se de filosofia da alimentação, filosofia da biologia e metafísica.
Entre os seus livros contam-se Che cos’è la possibilità (Roma, 2009), Filosofia della biologia (com Elena Casetta, Roma 2013) e A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality (New York, 2016).

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