Impossible worlds / Francesco Berto and Mark Jago.
2019
BC199.P7
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Title
Impossible worlds / Francesco Berto and Mark Jago.
Author
Berto, Francesco, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191850585 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
BC199.P7
Dewey Decimal Classification
111
Summary
Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.
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This edition also issued in print: 2019.
Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.
Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 5, 2019).
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Jago, Mark, author.
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198812791
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