Modality and explanatory reasoning /

Modality and explanatory reasoning /

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Author / Creator:Kment, Boris Christian, 1975- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:English
Subject:
Modality (Theory of knowledge)
Reasoning.
Modality (Theory of knowledge)
Reasoning.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11955024
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ISBN:9780191668999
0191668990
9780191758928
0191758922
0198803176
9780198803171
9780199604685
0199604681
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Boris Kment takes a new approach to the study of modality that emphasises the origin of modal notions in everyday thought. He argues that the concepts of necessity and possibility originate in counterfactual reasoning, which allows us to investigate explanatory connections. Contrary to accepted views, explanation is more fundamental than modality.
Other form:Print version: Kment, Boris Christian, 1975- Modality and explanatory reasoning. First edition 9780199604685

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