The dialectics of possibility and reality is an old philosophical theme. In contrast to empirical sciences that deal with reality, philosophy has sometimes been viewed as the science of the possible. That said, the modal concepts of possibility and necessity have proven to be ambiguous and recalcitr
Possibility and Reality
✍ Scribed by Hans Rott (editor); Vitezslav Horak (editor)
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- German
- Leaves
- 310
- Series
- Logos; 4
- Edition
- Reprint 2015
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Die Philosophie wurde von so unterschiedlichen Philosophen wie Wolff und Russell als Möglichkeitswissenschaft bezeichnet. Doch erwiesen sich die modalen Konzepte von Möglichkeit und Notwendigkeit als sperrig und vieldeutig, und ihr Verhältnis zum Wirklichkeitsbegriff bleibt problematisch. Die vorliegende Sammlung beleuchtet die Metaphysik und Logik von Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit aufs Neue und betrachtet sie aus unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven jenseits der Dichotomie von analytischer und kontinentaler Philosophie. Die Philosophiegeschichte (von der griechischen Antike bis zu David Lewis) kommt ebenso zu Wort wie die Semantik möglicher Welten; Logik, Mathematik und Computerwissenschaft ebenso wie Literatur und Neue Medien; Formen des wissenschaftlichen ebenso wie des fiktionalen Diskurses.
Philosophy has been called the science of the possible by philosophers as diverse as Christian Wolff and Bertrand Russell. The modal concepts of possibility and necessity, however, have proved to be ambiguous and recalcitrant to analysis, and their relation to the concept of reality have remained problematic up to the present day. Transcending the worn-out dichotomy between analytic and continental philosophy, this collection of papers takes a fresh look at the metaphysics and logic of possibility and reality, and illuminates them from a great variety of perspectives. Topics include the history of philosophy (from Greek antiquity to David Lewis) as well as the semantics of possible worlds; logic, mathematics and computer science as well as literature and the new media; forms of scientific as well as fictional discourse.
✦ Table of Contents
Titel
Contents
Vitezslav Horak and Hans Rott
Uwe Meixner Der Begri. der Notwendigkeit in der Antike und in der Gegenwart
Markus Hundeck Keine M¨oglichkeit, die nicht schon Wirklichkeit w¨are – ¨Uber die M¨oglichkeit der M¨oglichkeiten im Horizont der Ethik Spinozas und eine Anfrage von David Lewis
Sigmund Bonk Der notwendige Gedanke einer ewigen Gegenwart des Vergangenen: Anmerkungen zu einer These Hans Jonas’
Vitezslav Horak Virtuelle Relität zwischen Wirklichkeit und Unwirklichkeit
Jaroslav Peregrin Other worlds: What is the use of worlds beyond the real one?
Ondrej Majer Probabilities in possible worlds
Vladimır Svoboda Individuals, Worlds, and Modalities
Frantisek Gaher Logical, Scientific and Real Possibility
Hannes Leitgeb Metaphysical Modalities in Scientific Language: A Roadmap of (Im-)Possibilities
Guido L¨ohrer Possible Proofs and Method in Metaphysics
Wolfram Hinzen Turing’s Test and the Metaphysics of Body and Mind: A Note on a Lack of Implications
Hans Rott Variably restricted necessity: Truth and fiction in the interpretation of indicative and subjunctive conditionals
Authors’ addresses
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