A chance for possibility: an investigation into the grounds of modality

Boston: De Gruyter Ontos (2013)
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As philosophers are keen to say, there is a possible world where Socrates is a carpenter. Plausibly, truths about what might or could not be the case are not basic but grounded in more fundamental features of reality. Steinberg develops this insight into a novel account of the supervenience structure of the modal realm. This study was awardedthe 2012 GAP/ontos award."

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BC199.M6.S735 2013

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10.1515/9783110338232
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Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Supervenience

Chapter 3. Concrete Possible Worlds

Chapter 4. Abstract Possible Worlds

Chapter 5. Possibility and Probability

Chapter 6. Conclusion

Appendix A. Non-Nominal Quantification

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