Modal logic as metaphysics
Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency, and change, using the latest resources of quantified modal logic. Contrary to the widespread assumption that logic and metaphysics are disjoint, he argues that modal logic provides a structural core for metaphysics.
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- Full title :Modal logic as metaphysics / Timothy Williamson.
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Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency, and change, using the latest resources of quantified modal logic. Contrary to the widespread assumption that logic and metaphysics are disjoint, he argues that modal logic provides a structural core for metaphysics.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:464 p. ; : 24 cm
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- ISBN:9780199552078, 019955207X
- oclc:ocn940212952
- Dewey Decimal:110
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