The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 3: The Struggle for Modality

An in-depth history of modal logic in analytic philosophy, from a leading philosopher of language

This is the third of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics covere...