Possibility

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-959628-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 262 g

Original treatment of a central topic in metaphysics.
The culmination of Jubien's work over the last dozen years.

Possibility offers a new analysis of the metaphysical concepts of possibility and necessity, one that does not rely on any sort of 'possible worlds'. The analysis proceeds from an account of the notion of a physical object and from the positing of properties and relations. It is motivated by considerations about how we actually speak of and think of objects. Michael Jubien discusses several closely related topics, including different purported varieties of possible worlds, the doctrine of 'essentialism', natural kind terms, and alleged examples of necessity a posteriori. The book also offers a new theory of the functioning of proper names, both actual and fictional, and the discussion of natural kind terms and necessity a posteriori depends in part on this theory.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars of philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jubien, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: Concrete Entities
2: Abstract Entities
3: Against Possible Worlds
4: The Core Analysis
5: Proper Names
6: Fictional Names
7: Natural Kind Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Jubien, Michael
Michael Jubien majored in mathematics and minored in philosophy at Dartmouth College. He received the Ph.D. in philosophy and logic from the Rockefeller University in 1972 under the direction of Saul Kripke. He has taught at the University of Illinois, Chicago, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the University of California, Davis, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida.

Michael Jubien, University of Florida

Michael Jubien majored in mathematics and minored in philosophy at Dartmouth College. He received the Ph.D. in philosophy and logic from the Rockefeller University in 1972 under the direction of Saul Kripke. He has taught at the University of Illinois, Chicago, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the University of California, Davis, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida.