Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This well-chosen collection of fifteen important essays in the fields of philosophical logic and metaphysics addresses questions relating to the nature and status of possible worlds.
Table of Contents
Loux, M. J. Introduction.--Hintikka, J. The modes of modality.--Chisholm, R. M. Identity through possible worlds.--Kaplan, D. Transworld heir lines.--Lewis, D. Counterpart theory and quantified modal logic.--Cresswell, M. J. The world is everything that is the case.--Plantinga. A Transworld identity or worldbound individuals? Rescher, N. The ontology of the possible.--Lewis, D. Possible worlds.--Adams, R. M. Theories of actuality.--Kaplan, D. How to Russell a frege-church.--Stalnaker, R. C. Possible worlds.--Mondadori, F. and Morton, A. Modal realism.--Plantinga, A. Actualism and possible worlds.--Lycan, W. The trouble with possible worlds.