Mere Possibilities: Metaphysical Foundations of Modal Semantics

ROBERT C. STALNAKER

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Preface ix Chapter 1: On What There Isn't (But Might Have Been) 1 Chapter 2: Merely Possible Possible Worlds 22 Chapter 3: What Is Haecceitism, and Is It True? 52 Chapter 4: Disentangling Semantics from Metaphysics 89 Chapter 5: Modal Realism, Modal Rationalism, Modal Naturalism 126 Appendix A: Modeling Contingently Existing Propositions 136 Appendix B: Propositional Functions and Properties 139 Appendix C: A Model for a Mighty Language 149 Appendix D: Counterpart Semantics for the Cheap Haecceitist 154 References 157 Index 161

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1972Naming and Necessity 1986On the Plurality of Worlds 2001THE POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICS: SUBSTANCE, IDENTITY, AND TIME 2002The Ersatz Pluriverse 1980Worlds, Times and Selves.

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