A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility
Part of Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
- Author: D. M. Armstrong
- Date Published: April 1990
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521377805
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David Armstrong's book is a contribution to the philosophical discussion about possible worlds. Taking Wittgenstein's Tractatus as his point of departure, Professor Armstrong argues that nonactual possibilities and possible worlds are recombinations of actually existing elements, and as such are useful fictions. There is an extended criticism of the alternative-possible-worlds approach championed by the American philosopher David Lewis. This major work will be read with interest by a wide range of philosophers.
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- Date Published: April 1990
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521377805
- length: 172 pages
- dimensions: 224 x 144 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.197kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Non-Naturalist Theories of Possibility:
1. The causal argument 2. Non-Naturalist theories of possibility
Part II. A Combinatorial and Naturalist Account of Possibility:
3. Possibility in a simple world 4. Expanding and contracting the world
5. Relative atoms
6. Are there de re incompatibilities and necessities?
7. Higher-order entities, negation and causation
8. Supervenience
9. Mathematics
10. Final questions: logic
Works cited
Appendix: Tractarian Nominalism Brian Skyrms
Index.
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