The Worlds of Possibility: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic
Author:   Charles S. Chihara (, University of California, Berkeley)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 October 2001
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Charles Chihara gives a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible worlds of which the actual world -- the universe in which we live -- is just one. The striking success of possible-worlds semantics in modal logic has made this ontological doctrine attractive. Modal realists maintain that philosophers must accept the existence of possible worlds if they wish to have the benefit of using possible-worlds semantics to assess modal arguments and explain modal principles. Chihara challenges this claim, and argues instead for modality without worlds; he offers a new account of the role of interpretations or structures of the formal languages of logic.

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Author:   Charles S. Chihara (, University of California, Berkeley)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.527kg
ISBN:  

9780199246557


ISBN 10:   0199246556
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   11 October 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction 1: Possible Worlds Semantics 2: Transworld Identity 3: Modal Realism 4: Forbes's Anti-Modal Realism 5: The Semantics of Classical Predicate Logic 6: Modality without Worlds: The Semantics of Modal Sentential Logic 7: Quantificational Logic 8: Modality without Worlds: Explorations, Developments, and Defences 9: Anti-Realism in Mathematics Bibliography Index

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Charles S. Chihara is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

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