10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSSIBILIST»
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possibilist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Modal Logic as Metaphysics
Timothy Williamson. Fine showed how to define for each formula A in a first—
order modal lan— guage for actualists a corresponding formula (A)p05 in a first—
order modal language for possibilists, and for each formula B in the possibilist ...
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
A possibilist is someone who believes that there are things that are not actual.
There are two ways to understand this claim. On the first, the possibilist
distinguishes what there is from what exists, or is actual, and argues that the latter
comprises ...
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First-Order Modal Logic
POSSIBILIST QUANTIFIERS We have been using actualist quantification
because we wanted to investigate the interplay between existence and
designation where definite descriptions are concerned. But if we use possibilist
quantifiers ...
M. Fitting, Richard L. Mendelsohn, 1998
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Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift ...
The possibilist rejects the thesis of the actualist. The possibilist believes that there
are some merely possible individuals in existence. But the possibilist further
believes, in accord with the actualist, that reality is exhausted by the things there
are ...
Johannes L. Brandl, Marian David, Maria E. Reicher, 2010
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Necessity and Truthful Fictions: Panenmentalist Observations
Two kinds of existential quantifier exist: (1) Spatiotem- porally or actually
existential quantifier, quantifying over the actual realm alone; (2) possibilist
existential quantifier, quantifying over the purely possible realm as a whole. The
first kind ...
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Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality
Now perhaps a good way to put the disagreement between actualist and
possibilist is as a disagreement about what sorts of properties and propositions
there are. There exist property and proposition descriptions, we might say, such
that the ...
Alvin Plantinga John O'Brien Professor of Philosophy University of Notre Dame, Matthew Davidson Assistant Professor of Philosophy California State University at San Bernardino, 2003
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Philosophy of Mathematics
One might want to distinguish two different versions of psychologism; we can call
these views actualist psychologism and possibilist psychologism and define them
in the following way: Actualist Psychologism is the view that mathematical ...
8
Types, Tableaus, and Gödel’s God
If we have possibilist — constant domain — quantification we can also determine
varying domain validity. And on this topic I present a somewhat more detailed
discussion. Suppose quantification is taken in a possibilist sense — domains are
...
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The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film
To be sure, The Terminator trilogy moves back and forth between the possibilist–
growing universe and possibilist–branching universe models of time. In The
Terminator, although Skynet assumes the possibilist–branching universe model,
the ...
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Modal Logic for Philosophers
However, this book presents afullvarietyof weaker systems to accommodate
alternatives to the possibilist interpretation. A problem with the possibilist reading
is that it strips the quantifier Öx of its ontological commitment – it no longer
indicates ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSSIBILIST»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
possibilist is used in the context of the following news items.
Song Premiere: José González - "Open Book"
So he's not an optimist, not a pessimist, but he's a possibilist. I think that's a good word. Paste: So you're not out to preach. González: A friend of ... «Paste Magazine, May 15»
All Songs Considered: Hear Brand New My Morning Jacket, More
... teamed up with vocalist Natalie Beridze on a track from his debut full-length album. But first, are you a believer, a possibilist or a doubter? «NPR, Apr 15»
Scenes from a Sustainability Quest, from Leopard Skin Sales to …
Someone at the conference earlier today brought up the term “pragmatic possibilist.” Obama has been a pragmatic activist. He's done a lot of ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Q&A: Andrew Revkin on the fate of the Earth (and Michigan)
Someone at the conference earlier today brought up the term “pragmatic possibilist.” Obama has been a pragmatic activist. He's done a lot of ... «Midwest Energy News, Apr 15»
50 Awesome Quotes on Possibility
"I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist." - Max Lerner. 25. "If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
What makes a wage just?
I am a possibilist. I believe we will only get there if we engage in courageous leadership. The Jewish community has a crucial role to play. «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Jan 14»
Mixed thoughts on a crowded planet
"That is what a practical possibilist paints." But both "10 Billion" books, in their very different ways, make a valuable contribution to rekindling a ... «BDlive, Jul 13»
Crowded planet
Dorling evidently feels the need for a label and describes himself as a “practical possibilist” in the mould of Hans Rosling, the Swedish ... «Financial Times, Jul 13»
Frances Moore Lappe on How To Rethink Business
She describes herself as a “possibilist,” who sees a world that could become better and greener–or not–depending on how people think about ... «Forbes, May 13»
Hans Rosling
"I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world." We can all, Rosling ... «TIME, Apr 12»
