The Theory of Ontic Modalities /

The Theory of Ontic Modalities / / Uwe Meixner.

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This book presents a comprehensive, non-model-theoretic theory of ontic necessity and possibility within a formal (and formalized) ontology consisting of states of affairs, properties, and individuals. Its central thesis is that all modalities are reducible to intrinsic (or "logical") poss...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Meixner, Uwe,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2006
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 13
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Physical Description:1 online resource (374 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 The Problem of Ontic Modalities
  • 2 Actualism, Modal Realism, and Modal Epistemology
  • 3 An Onto-Nomological Theory of Modality
  • 4 States of Affairs, Modality, and the Bases-Theory of Necessity
  • 5 The Theory of Conditionals in the Onto-Nomological Theory of Modality
  • 6 Other Theories of Conditionals versus the Bases-Theory of Conditionals
  • 7 The Onto-Nomological Theory of Modality Extended: Adding Properties and Individuals
  • 8 Properties, Essences, and Actualism (Again)
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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