Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise
Author | : Takashi Yagisawa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0191722308 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780191722301 |
Rating | : 4/5 (301 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise by : Takashi Yagisawa
Download or read book Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise written by Takashi Yagisawa and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takashi Yagisawa argues for a new version of modal realism, the view that non-actual possible worlds and individuals are as real as the actual ones. He asserts that the notion of reality is primitive, existence is a relation between a thing and a domain, and ordinary objects are extended in spatial, temporal, and modal dimensions.