The Many Faces of Impossibility - Koji Tanaka, Alexander Sandgren

The Many Faces of Impossibility

Buch | Softcover
64 Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-18058-0 (ISBN)
21,20 inkl. MwSt
This Element aims to answer the neglected question of what is characteristically impossible about impossible worlds. It also aims to analyse the main features and utility of impossible worlds and examine how impossible worlds can capture distinctions which are unavailable if we limit ourselves to possible world-based tools.
Possible worlds have revolutionised philosophy and some related fields. But, in recent years, tools based on possible worlds have been found to be limited in many respects. Impossible worlds have been introduced to overcome these limitations. This Element aims to raise and answer the neglected question of what is characteristically impossible about impossible worlds. The Element sheds new light on the nature of impossible worlds. It also aims to analyse the main features and utility of impossible worlds and examine how impossible worlds can capture distinctions which are unavailable if we limit ourselves to possible world-based tools.

1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual prolegomenon; 3. Difference; 4. Openness; 5. Violation; 6. Difference, openness, violation; 7. Counter possibles and Counter meta possibles; 8. Representation; References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Elements in Philosophy and Logic
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 108 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-009-18058-4 / 1009180584
ISBN-13 978-1-009-18058-0 / 9781009180580
Zustand Neuware
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