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- catalog abstract "Part I of this book presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. "Worlds" themselves are understood as structured sets of properties; this "Ersatzist" view is defended against its most vigorous competitors, Meinongianism and David Lewis' theory of existent concrete worlds. Related issues of essentialism and linguistic reference are explored. Part II takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-worlds semantics. There are skeptical analyses of analyticity and the notion of a logical constant; and an "infinite polysemy" thesis is defended. The book will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, possible-worlds semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics.".
- catalog contributor b6860111.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Trouble with Possible Worlds -- Ch. 2. Three Conceptions of Possible Worlds -- Ch. 3. Ersatzing for Fun and Profit -- Ch. 4. Against Concretism -- Ch. 5. Essences -- Ch. 6. Fiction and Essence -- Ch. 7. The Paradox of Naming Resolved by a Kinder, Gentler Theory of Direct Reference -- Ch. 8. Relative Modality -- Ch. 9. Semantic Competence, Funny Functors, and Truth-Conditions -- Ch. 10. Logical Constants and the Glory of Truth-Conditional Semantics -- Ch. 11. Propositions and Analyticity -- Ch. 12. Stipulative Definition and Logical Truth -- Ch. 13. Analogy and Lexical Semantics.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-325) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Part I of this book presents a theory of modal metaphysics in the possible-worlds tradition. "Worlds" themselves are understood as structured sets of properties; this "Ersatzist" view is defended against its most vigorous competitors, Meinongianism and David Lewis' theory of existent concrete worlds. Related issues of essentialism and linguistic reference are explored. Part II takes up the question of lexical meaning in the context of possible-worlds semantics. There are skeptical analyses of analyticity and the notion of a logical constant; and an "infinite polysemy" thesis is defended. The book will be of particular interest to metaphysicians, possible-worlds semanticists, philosophers of language, and linguists concerned with lexical semantics.".
- catalog extent "xix, 335 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Modality and meaning.".
- catalog identifier "0792330064 (acid free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Modality and meaning.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 53".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic,".
- catalog relation "Modality and meaning.".
- catalog subject "110 20".
- catalog subject "Language and languages Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Metaphysics.".
- catalog subject "Modality (Logic)".
- catalog subject "P106 .L885 1994".
- catalog subject "Semantics (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Semantics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Trouble with Possible Worlds -- Ch. 2. Three Conceptions of Possible Worlds -- Ch. 3. Ersatzing for Fun and Profit -- Ch. 4. Against Concretism -- Ch. 5. Essences -- Ch. 6. Fiction and Essence -- Ch. 7. The Paradox of Naming Resolved by a Kinder, Gentler Theory of Direct Reference -- Ch. 8. Relative Modality -- Ch. 9. Semantic Competence, Funny Functors, and Truth-Conditions -- Ch. 10. Logical Constants and the Glory of Truth-Conditional Semantics -- Ch. 11. Propositions and Analyticity -- Ch. 12. Stipulative Definition and Logical Truth -- Ch. 13. Analogy and Lexical Semantics.".
- catalog title "Modality and meaning / by William G. Lycan.".
- catalog type "text".