Worlds of Possibility, The Germain to the theory of meaning

to the theory of meaning and content

and -- ultimately -- throughout your career

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held great revolutionary influence

EAN: 9780071738613

Worlds of Possibility, The Germain to the theory of meaningCharles Chihara gives a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible worlds of which the actual world the universe in which we live is just one. The striking success of possible worlds semantics in modal logic has made this ontological doctrine attractive. Modal realists maintain that philosophers must accept the existence of possible worlds if they wish to have the benefit of using possible