The Bounds of Possibility: Puzzles of Modal Variation

by Dr Juhani Yli-Vakkuri, Prof John Hawthorne, Prof Cian Dorr

In general, a given object could have been different in certain respects. For example, the Great Pyramid could have been somewhat shorter or taller; the Mona Lisa could have had a somewhat different pattern of colours; an ordinary table could have been made of a somewhat different quantity of wood. But there seem to be limits. It would be odd to suppose that the Great Pyramid could have been thimble-sized; that the Mona Lisa could have had the pattern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198910770
• ISBN13: 9780198910770
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.8"