A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality

by Andrea Borghini

A Critical Introduction to the Metaphysics of Modality examines the eight main contemporary theories of possibility behind a central metaphysical topic. Covering modal skepticism, modal expressivism, modalism, modal realism, ersatzism, modal fictionalism, modal agnosticism, and the new modal actualism, this comprehensive introduction to modality places contemporary debates in an historical context.

Beginning with a historical overview,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472524268
• ISBN13: 9781472524263
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"