Objects and Modalities. A Study in the S
β Tero Tulenheimo
π Library
π
2017
π Springer
π English
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Objects and Modalities: A Study in the Semantics of Modal Logic
β Scribed by Tero Tulenheimo (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 217
- Series
- Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 41
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book develops a novel generalization of possible world semantics, called βworld line semanticsβ, which recognizes worlds and links between world-bound objects (world lines) as mutually independent aspects of modal semantics. Addressing a wide range of questions vital for contemporary debates in logic and philosophy of language and offering new tools for theoretical linguistics and knowledge representation, the book proposes a radically new paradigm in modal semantics. This framework is motivated philosophically, viewing a structure of world lines as a precondition of modal talk. The author provides a uniform analysis of quantification over individuals (physical objects) and objects of thought (intentional objects). The semantic account of what it means to speak of intentional objects throws new light on accounts of intentionality and singular thought in the philosophy of mind and offers novel insights into the semantics of intensional transitive verbs.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Individuals and Cross-World Identity....Pages 1-24
The Nature of Modal Individuals....Pages 25-58
Two Modes of Individuation....Pages 59-84
Intentional Objects as World Lines....Pages 85-112
Logical Repercussions of World Line Semantics....Pages 113-141
General Consequences....Pages 143-172
Back Matter....Pages 173-208
β¦ Subjects
Logic;Philosophy of Language;Ontology
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