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Engagement and metaphysical dissatisfaction : modality and value /

We all have beliefs to the effect that if a certain thing were to happen a certain other thing would happen. We also believe that some things simply must be so, with no possibility of having been otherwise. Barry Stroud argues that some beliefs of each of these kinds are indispensable to our having...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stroud, Barry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Causation.
Necessity (Philosophy)
Value.
First philosophy.
Métaphysique.
Nécessité (Philosophie)
Valeur.
metaphysics.
value (economic concept)
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
First philosophy
Causation
Metaphysics
Value
Electronic books.
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Summary:We all have beliefs to the effect that if a certain thing were to happen a certain other thing would happen. We also believe that some things simply must be so, with no possibility of having been otherwise. Barry Stroud argues that some beliefs of each of these kinds are indispensable to our having any conception of a world at all.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 163 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199781133
0199781133
9780199894970
0199894973