Impossible worlds [electronic resource] / Francesco Berto and Mark Jago.
Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2019.Edition: First editionDescription: 333 pagesContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0198812795
- 9780198812791
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction Part I: Impossibilities1: From Possible to Impossible Worlds2: Metaphysics3: Ersatz Modal Realism Part II: Logical Applications4: Modal Logics5: Epistemic Logics6: Relevant Logics7: The Logic of Imagination Part III: Philosophical Applications8: Hyperintensionality9: Information and Content10: Epistemic and Doxastic Contents11: Fiction and Fictional Objects12: Counter possible Conditionals
Berto and Jago question how to understand the impossible without collapsing into total incoherence. By considering the metaphysics of impossible worlds - and applying this concept to issues in logic, semantics, and philosophy - they offer a framework for obtaining a metaphysical, logical, and conceptual grasp of situations that simply cannot be.
