Interest in the metaphysics and logic of possible worlds goes back at least as far as Aristotle, but few books address the history of these important concepts. This volume offers new essays on the theories about the logical modalities (necessity and possibility) held by leading …
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"Interest in the metaphysics and logic of possible worlds goes back at least as far as Aristotle, but few books address the history of these important concepts. This volume offers new essays on the theories about the logical modalities (necessity and possibility) held by leading…
Introduces readers to the history of necessity and possibility, two modal concepts which play a key role in philosophy.
Possibility Necessity and Existence
by Project Muse, Langiulli, Nino
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In this systematic historical analysis, Nino Langiulli focuses on a key philosophical issue, possibility, as it is refracted through the thought of the Italian philosopher Nicola Abbagnano. The problem of possibility has been a central theme in the history of philosophy and is o…
In this systematic historical analysis, Nino Langiulli focuses on a key philosophical issue, possibility, as it is refracted through the thought of the Italian philosopher Nicola Abbagnano. The problem of possibility has been a central theme in the history of philosophy and is o…
"In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being no…
"In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being no…
"In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being no…
By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, David James argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom. Practical necessity means being, or believing oneself to be, c…
By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, David James argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom. Practical necessity means being, or believing oneself to be, c…
By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, this study argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom.
