Worlds and individuals, possible and otherwise /

Takashi Yagisawa argues for a new version of modal realism, the view that non-actual possible worlds and individuals are as real as the actual ones. He asserts that the notion of reality is primitive, existence is a relation between a thing and a domain, and ordinary objects are extended in spatial,...

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Main Author: Yagisawa, Takashi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Takashi Yagisawa argues for a new version of modal realism, the view that non-actual possible worlds and individuals are as real as the actual ones. He asserts that the notion of reality is primitive, existence is a relation between a thing and a domain, and ordinary objects are extended in spatial, temporal, and modal dimensions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.
ISBN:9780191573576
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