Content and Modality: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Stalnaker

by Alex Byrne and Judith Jarvis Thomson

Eleven distinguished philosophers have contributed specially written essays on a set of topics much debated in recent years, including physicalism, qualia, semantic competence, conditionals, presuppositions, two-dimensional semantics, and the relation between logic and metaphysics. All these topics are prominent in the work of Robert Stalnaker, a major presence in contemporary philosophy, in honor of whom the volume is published. It also contains...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199282803
• ISBN13: 9780199282807
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"