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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-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Preface; Introduction; Part I. Truth And Indexicality: 1. Semantical Indices; 2. Philosophical Entities; 3. Situated Truth; 4. The Privileged Position; Part Ii. Predicate Logic: Tense And Modal: 5. A Formal Language; 6. The Non-existent; 7. Mul

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Author

A. A. Rini, M. J. Cresswell

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781139084215

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Social Science

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13