Armstrong, D. M., A COMBINATORIAL THEORY OF POSSIBILITY

Armstrong, D. M.

A COMBINATORIAL THEORY OF POSSIBILITY, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989 [reimpr.].

In-8º gr., de XIII-156 pp., brochado. “What is put foward in this essay is a new version of the metaphysic of Logical Atomism. It is a Logical Atomism completely purged of semantic and epistemic atomism.”  (do prefácio)

“David Armstrong's book is a contribution to the philosophical discussion about possible worlds. Taking Wittgenstein's Tractatus as his point of departure, Professor Armstrong argues that nonactual possibilities and possible worlds are recombinations of actually existing elements, and as such are useful fictions. There is an extended criticism of the alternative-possible-worlds approach championed by the American philosopher David Lewis.” (da contracapa)

Sobre David Malet Armstrong (Melbourne, 1926-2014) ver:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Malet_Armstrong

Dim.:  22 x 14 cm