Modalities : Philosophical Essays /

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Author / Creator:Marcus, Ruth Barcan.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995, c1993.
Description:xiv, 266 p. : ill.
Language:English
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6012737
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Varying Form of Title:Title in Oxford Scholarship Online list: Modalities - Philosophical Essays
Modalities
Other authors / contributors:Oxford University Press.
ISBN:0195096576 (pbk)
0195076982
Notes:First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2004. (Oxford scholarship online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
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Summary:Based on her earlier ground-breaking axiomatization of quantified modal logic, the papers collected here by the distinguished philosopher Ruth Barcan Marcus cover much ground in the development of her thought, spanning from 1961 to 1990. The first essay here introduces themes initially viewed as iconoclastic, such as the necessity of identity, the directly referential role of proper names as "tags", the Barcan Formula about the interplay of possibility and existence, and alternative interpretations of quantification. Marcus also addresses the putative puzzles about substitutivity and about essentialism. The collection also includes influential essays on moral conflict, on belief and rationality, and on some historical figures. Many of her views have been incorporated into current theories, while others remain part of a continuing debate.
Item Description:First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995.
Physical Description:xiv, 266 p. : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195096576
0195076982