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181370

Springer, Dordrecht

1988

345 Pages

ISBN 978-94-010-7812-2

Synthese Historical Library
vol. 33

Modern modalities

studies of the history of modal theories from medieval nominalism to logical positivism

Edited by

Simo Knuuttila

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Knuuttila, S. (ed) (1988). Modern modalities: studies of the history of modal theories from medieval nominalism to logical positivism, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

The foundations of modality and conceivability in Descartes and his predecessors

Alanen Lilli; Knuuttila Simo

1-69

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Hobbes's system of modalities

Patoluoto Ilkka

71-84

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Was Leibniz's deity an akrates?

Hintikka Jaakko

85-108

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Hegel on modalities and monadology

Kusch Martin; Manninen Juha

109-177

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Plenitude and contingency

Engel Pascal

179-237

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Frege and his German contemporaries on alethic modalities

Haaparanta Leila

239-274

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From possibility to probability

Niiniluoto Ilkka

275-309

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The failure of logical positivism to cope with problems of modal theory

Poser Hans

311-327

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