The nature of necessity [ebook] /

The aim of this study is to explore and defend the notion of modality 'de re', the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. The argument is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over such problems as the nature of essence and the problem of...

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Main Author:	Plantinga, Alvin
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Clarendon, 1974.
Series:	Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
Subjects:	Modality (Logic) Essentialism (Philosophy) Necessity (Philosophy) Modalité (Logique) Essence (Philosophie) Nécessité (Philosophie) Electronic books.
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