Around the Tree - Semantic and Metaphysical Issues Concerning Branching and the Open Future (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Over the past few years, the tree model of time has been widely employed to deal with issues concerning the semantics of tensed discourse. The thought that has motivated its adoption is that the most plausible way to make sense of indeterminism is to conceive of future possibilities as branches that depart from a common trunk, constituted by the past and the present. However, the thought still needs to be further articulated and defended, and several important questions remain open, such as the question of how actuality can be understood and formally represented in a branching framework. The present volume is intended to be a 360 degree reflection on the tree model. The contributions is gathers concern the model and its alternatives, both from a semantic and from a metaphysical point of view. "

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Synthese Library, 361
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Editors:	Fabrice Correia • Andrea Iacona
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	168
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400751668
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	9400751664
Barcode:	9789400751668

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