A powerful challenge to some highly influential theories, this book offers a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that many possible worlds exist of which our own universe is just one. Chihara challenges this claim and offers a new argument for modality without worlds.
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Charles S. Chihara is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Condition: New. A critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exists many possible worlds of which the actual world is just one. It argues for modality without worlds and offers an account of the role of interpretations or structures of the formal languages of logic. Num Pages: 354 pages, diagrams, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; HPJ; HPL; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506. . 2001. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780199246557
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