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Author:   Bob Hale (University of Sheffield) ,  Aviv Hoffmann (Open University of Israel)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780199565818

ISBN 10:   0199565813
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   25 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Bob Hale and Aviv Hoffmann: Introduction Part I: METAPHYSICS and LOGIC 1: Robert Stalnaker: Merely Possible Propositions Aviv Hoffmann: Response to Robert Stalnaker 2: Ian Rumfitt: Logical Necessity 3: Kit Fine: Semantic Necessity 4: Timothy Williamson: Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic 5: David Efird: Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent? 6: Gideon Rosen: Metaphysical Dependence: Grounding and Reduction 7: Ross Cameron: On the Source of Necessity 8: Anna Sherratt: The Reality of Modality 9: Scott Shalkowksi: IBE, GMR, and Metaphysical Projects 10: John Divers: Modal Commitments Daniel Nolan: Response to John Divers Part II: EPISTEMOLOGY 11: Stephen Yablo: Permission and (So-Called Epistemic) Possibility David Efird: Response to Stephen Yablo 12: Frank Jackson: Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori Penelope Mackie: Response to Frank Jackson 13: Scott Sturgeon: Apriorism about Modality C.S. Jenkins: Response to Scott Sturgeon 14: Dominic Gregory: Conceivability and Apparent Possibility Ross Cameron: Response to Dominic Gregory Bibliography Index

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no one with a serious interest in the subject can do without this volume John P. Burgess, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Author Information

Bob Hale is a professor of philosophy at Sheffield University. He was a British Academy Research Reader (1997-99), and will be a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow (2009-11). He previously taught at the universities of Glasgow, St.Andrews, and Lancaster. He works mainly on the philosophy of mathematics and philosophical logic. Aviv Hoffmann is Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University of Israel.

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