Impossible worlds / Francesco Berto and Mark Jago
- Author:
- Berto, Francesco
- Published:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Jago, Mark
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Impossibilities -- 1.From Possible to Impossible Worlds -- 2.Metaphysics -- 3.Ersatz Modal Realism -- pt. II Logical Applications -- 4.Modal Logics -- 5.Epistemic Logics -- 6.Relevant Logics -- 7.The Logic of Imagination -- pt. III Philosophical Applications -- 8.Hyperintensionality -- 9.Information and Content -- 10.Epistemic and Doxastic Contents -- 11.Fiction and Fictional Objects -- 12.Counterpossible Conditionals.
- Summary:
- Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0198812795 hardback
9780198812791 hardback - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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