Modality and Tense
Philosophical Papers
ISBN13: 9780199278718ISBN10: 0199278717
Paperback,
400 pages
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Aug 2005,
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$55.00 (01)Description
Since the 1970s Kit Fine has been one of the leading contributors to work at the intersection of logic and metaphysics. This is his eagerly-awaited first book in the area. It draws together a series of essays, three of them previously unpublished, on possibility, necessity, and tense. These puzzling aspects of the way the world is have been the focus of considerable philosophical attention in recent decades. A helpful introduction orients the reader and offers a way into some of the most original work in contemporary philosophy.Features
- Key papers by one of the world's foremost philosophers in one volume
- Fine's first book in the central areas of the discipline
- Includes 100 pages of previously unpublished material
- Will appeal to linguists and logicians as well as to philosophers
