Modality, Morality and Belief

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-44082-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 625 g

Modality, morality and belief are among the most controversial topics in philosophy and few philosophers have shaped these debates as deeply as Ruth Barcan Marcus. Inspired by her work, a distinguished group of philosophers explore these issues, refine and sharpen arguments and develop fresh positions on such topics as possible worlds, moral dilemmas, essentialism and the explanation of actions by beliefs. This 'state-of-the-art' collection honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter

Raffman, Diana

Asher, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Modality: 1. Ruth Barcan Marcus and the Barcan Formula Terence Parsons; 2. The interaction of modality with quantification and identity Robert Stalnaker; 3. S1 is not so simple Maxwell J. Cresswell; 4. A problem in possible-world semantics David Kaplan; 5. Senses of essence Kit Fine; 6. Structuralism and the concept of set Charles Parsons; 7. The Kant-Frege-Russell view of existence David Wiggins; Part II. Morality: 8. Moral dilemmas revisited Philippa Foot; 9. Perspectival Guilt Patricia S. Greenspan; 10. Instigating the unpredisposed Joel Feinberg; 11. Marcus and the problem of nested deontic modalities Nuel Belnap and Paul Bartha; Part III. Belief: 12. Pierre, Saul, Ruth and Bob and a puzzle about belief Robert J. Fogelin; 13. Closure and consistency Issac Levi; 14. De Re Belief, action explanations and the essential indexical Ernest Sosa; 15. T-sentences Scott Soames