Modern modalities

Series | Book

Modern modalities

studies of the history of modal theories from medieval nominalism to logical positivism

edited bySimo Knuuttila

Details | Table of Contents

The foundations of modality and conceivability in Descartes and his predecessors Lilli Alanen Simo Knuuttila

pp.1-69

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_1

Hobbes's system of modalities Ilkka Patoluoto

pp.71-84

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_2

Was Leibniz's deity an akrates? Jaakko Hintikka

pp.85-108

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_3

Hegel on modalities and monadology Martin Kusch Juha Manninen

pp.109-177

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_4

Plenitude and contingency

modal concepts in nineteenth century French philosophy

Pascal Engel

pp.179-237

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_5

Frege and his German contemporaries on alethic modalities Leila Haaparanta

pp.239-274

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_6

From possibility to probability

British discussions on modality in the nineteenth century

Ilkka Niiniluoto

pp.275-309

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_7

The failure of logical positivism to cope with problems of modal theory Hans Poser

pp.311-327

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_8

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 1988

Pages: 345

Series: Synthese Historical Library

Series volume: 33

ISBN (hardback): 978-94-010-7812-2

ISBN (digital): 978-94-009-2915-9

Full citation:

Knuuttila Simo (1988) Modern modalities: studies of the history of modal theories from medieval nominalism to logical positivism. Dordrecht, Springer.