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Meaning and Metaphysical Necessity (Hardcover)
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Meaning and Metaphysical Necessity (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
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This book is about the idea that some true statements would have
been true no matter how the world had turned out, while others
could have been false. It develops and defends a version of the
idea that we tell the difference between these two types of truths
in part by reflecting on the meanings of words. It has often been
thought that modal issues-issues about possibility and
necessity-are related to issues about meaning. In this book, the
author defends the view that the analysis of meaning is not just a
preliminary to answering modal questions in philosophy; it is not
merely that before we can find out whether something is possible,
we need to get clear on what we are talking about. Rather, clarity
about meaning often brings with it answers to modal questions. In
service of this view, the author analyzes the notion of necessity
and develops ideas about linguistic meaning, applying them to
several puzzles and problems in philosophy of language. Meaning and
Metaphysical Necessity will be of interest to scholars and advanced
students working in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and
philosophical logic.
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