Possible Worlds.
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Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Where Possible-World Talk is Used -- 2 What Possible-World Talk Means -- 3 Why Possible-World Talk is Used -- Part II Genuine Realism -- 4 Genuine Realism: Exposition and Applications -- 5 Genuine Realism: Quantificaiton Over Non-Actuals -- 6 Genuine Realism: Worlds -- 7 Genuine Realism: Unanalysed Modality -- 8 Genuine Realism: Counterparts -- 9 Genuine Realism: Epistemology -- Part III Actualist Realism -- 10 Actualist Realism: Expostition -- 11 Actualist Realism: Conceptual Applications -- 12 Actualist Realism: Ontological Applications -- 13 Actualist Realism: Semantic Applications -- 14 Actualist Realism: Safe and Sane Ontology? -- 15 Actualist Realism: Paradox -- 16 Actualist Realism: Transworld Identity and Transworld Identification -- 17 Actualist Realism: Representation -- Part IV Conclusion -- 18 Summary and Evaluation -- Notes -- Extended Bibliography -- Index.
Possible Worlds presents the first up-to-date and comprehensive examination of one of the most important topics in metaphysics. John Divers considers the prevalent philosophical positions, including realism, antirealism and the work of important writers on possible worlds such as David Lewis, evaluating them in detail.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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