Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic
Subtitled "An Introduction to Material Modal Logic," this monograph explores modal logic from a realist perspective on possibility that, following Aristotle and Kant, grounds possibility in actuality and thus provides a material, rather than merely formal, interpretation of basic modal notions. It then applies this material modal logic to the understanding of contingent being and the existence of a necessary being serving as "the ground of all possibility."
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Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic
Subtitled "An Introduction to Material Modal Logic," this monograph explores modal logic from a realist perspective on possibility that, following Aristotle and Kant, grounds possibility in actuality and thus provides a material, rather than merely formal, interpretation of basic modal notions. It then applies this material modal logic to the understanding of contingent being and the existence of a necessary being serving as "the ground of all possibility."
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Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic

Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic

by Steven M Duncan
Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic

Possibilities that Matter: An Introduction to Material Modal Logic

by Steven M Duncan

Overview

Subtitled "An Introduction to Material Modal Logic," this monograph explores modal logic from a realist perspective on possibility that, following Aristotle and Kant, grounds possibility in actuality and thus provides a material, rather than merely formal, interpretation of basic modal notions. It then applies this material modal logic to the understanding of contingent being and the existence of a necessary being serving as "the ground of all possibility."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781542880565
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 01/31/2017
Series: Metaphysica in Nuce , #2
Pages: 172
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Steven M. Duncan (1954-) earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Washington in 1987. He taught as a TA and Adjunct philosophy instructor at various colleges and universities from 1976-2015, when he retired from Bellevue College. He is author of five books, including The Proof of the External World (2007) and How Free Will Works (2011), both published by Wipf and Stock. In addition, he has uploaded fifty papers to the Philpapers website. He and his wife Corazon reside in Tukwila, Washington.
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