Extent of Impossibility

The Case of Modal Realism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

The book examines the notion of impossible worlds. To avoid such confusion, the analysis here differentiates between the logical, semantic, epistemological, and metaphysical roles of impossible worlds. The book's central hypothesis is that an understandable taxonomy of extreme positions about impossible worlds is required;

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:120
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031991233

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Martin Vacek is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he serves as Vice-Director. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Organon F: International Journal for Analytic Philosophy.

Innehållsförteckning

Ch 1: Mapping Impossibility.- Ch 2: The Indispensability Argument.- Ch 3: The Variety of Impossible Worlds.- Ch 4: The Metaphysics of Impossible Worlds.- Ch 5: Inconsistent Worlds.- Ch 6: Open Worlds.- Ch 7: The Trivial World.- Ch 8: The Empty World.