Impossible worlds /

Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds, and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics and philosophy, they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical and conceptual...

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Main Authors: Berto, Francesco (Author), Jago, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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