A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility
Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 29 September 1989
- ISBN 9780521377805
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages172 pages
- Size 224x144x17 mm
- Weight 197 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 b/w illus. 0
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David Armstrong's book is a contribution to the philosophical discussion about possible worlds.
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David Armstrong's book is a contribution to the philosophical discussion about possible worlds. Taking Wittgenstein's Tractatus as his point of departure, Professor Armstrong argues that nonactual possibilities and possible worlds are recombinations of actually existing elements, and as such are useful fictions. There is an extended criticism of the alternative-possible-worlds approach championed by the American philosopher David Lewis. This major work will be read with interest by a wide range of philosophers.
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Preface; Part I. Non-Naturalist Theories of Possibility: 1. The causal argument 2. Non-Naturalist theories of possibility; Part II. A Combinatorial and Naturalist Account of Possibility: 3. Possibility in a simple world 4. Expanding and contracting the world; 5. Relative atoms; 6. Are there de re incompatibilities and necessities?; 7. Higher-order entities, negation and causation; 8. Supervenience; 9. Mathematics; 10. Final questions: logic; Works cited; Appendix: Tractarian Nominalism Brian Skyrms; Index.
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