The world-time parallel
tense and modality in logic and metaphysics
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Author
Contributions
- Rini, Adriane - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
64,750 words, Guess
Page Count
259 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveworldtimeparalle00rini
- ISBN-139781107017474
- ISBN-101107017475
- Library of Congress Control Number2011040514
- OCLC Control Number753630514
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781107017474
- Open LibraryOL25067061M
Classifications
- DDC115
- LCCBD638 .C75 2012
- LCCBD638 .R56 2012
Description
"Is what could have happened but never did as real as what did happen? What did happen, but isn't happening now, happened at another time. Analogously, one can say that what could have happened happens in another possible world. Whatever their views about the reality of such things as possible worlds, philosophers need to take this analogy seriously. Adriane Rini and Max Cresswell exhibit, in an easy step-by-step manner, the logical structure of temporal and modal discourse, and show that every temporal construction has an exact parallel that requires a language that can refer to worlds, and vice versa. They make precise, in a way which can be articulated and tested, the claim that the parallel is at work behind even ordinary talk about time and modality. The book gives metaphysicians a sturdy framework for the investigation of time and modality - one that does not presuppose any particular metaphysical view"--
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