The Nature of Necessity
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Author: Alvin Plantinga
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Place of printing: Oxford
Year of publication: 1978
This is a reissue of a book which is an exploration and defence of the notion of modality 'de re', the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. It is one of the first full-length studies of the modalities to emerge from the debate to which Saul Kripke, David Lewis, Ruth Marcus and others have contributed. The argument is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds, and ranges over key problems including the nature of essence, trans-world identity, negative existential propositions, and the existence of unactual objects in other possible worlds. In the final chapters Professor Plantinga applies his logical theories to the clarification of two problems in the philosophy of religion - the Problem of Evil and the Ontological Argument.
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Copy in good condition. Cover with light dust spots and minor signs of wear on the edges and corners. Text in English. Book in good condition.
ISBN Code: 0198244142
EAN: 9780198244141
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 22
Width: 14
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Text in English.
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