This book discusses fundamental topics on contemporary Ockhamism.
The collected essays show how contemporary Ockhamism can impact
areas of research such as semantics, metaphysics and also the
philosophy of science. In addition, the volume hosts one historian
of Medieval philosophy who investigates the way in which William of
Ockham “in flesh and bone” construed time and, more generally,
future contingency. The essays explore the different meanings of
this theory. They cover three main topics, in particular. The
first examines the thesis that sentences and propositions about the
future have a definite truth value, without any ensuing commitment
to determinism or fatalism. The second topic looks at the
problem whether the branching-time model needs to countenance a
privileged branch (the so-called Thin Red Line). Finally, the third
topic considers the idea that there are so-called soft facts. These
would be the subject matter of sentences and
propositions verbally about the present or the past,
but metaphysically about a later time, and which might change in
the future. Overall, the book provides an updated and rigorous idea
of the debate about Ockhamism. It gives readers a deeper
understanding into this philosophical approach influenced by
William of Ockham, characterized by the rejection of the
Aristotelian idea that, in order to preserve the contingency of the
future, future contingents must be deemed neither true nor false.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Synthese Library, 452 |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2022 |
| Editors: |
Alessio Santelli
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
171 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-090361-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
3-03-090361-3 |
| Barcode: |
9783030903619 |
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