{"product_id":"modality-morality-and-belief-essays-in-honor-of-ruth-barcan-marcus-paperback-9780521100571","title":"Modality, Morality and Belief; Essays in Honor of Ruth Barcan Marcus (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521100571","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModality, Morality and Belief\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Honor of Ruth Barcan Marcus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of essays honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWalter Sinnott-Armstrong (Edited by), Diana Raffman (Edited by), Nicholas Asher (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521100571, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In an intersting and wide-ranging discussion, Parsons surveys various explanations and justifications provided by mathematicians and philosophers, concluding that ontological features do not play an essential role in the development of ZF, and need not be taken to be part of the literal truth about sets.\"    Philip Bricker, Journal of Symbolic Logic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eModality, morality and belief are among the most controversial topics in philosophy and few philosophers have shaped these debates as deeply as Ruth Barcan Marcus. Inspired by her work, a distinguished group of philosophers explore these issues, refine and sharpen arguments and develop fresh positions on such topics as possible worlds, moral dilemmas, essentialism and the explanation of actions by beliefs. This collection honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Modality: 1. Ruth Barcan Marcus and the Barcan Formula Terence Parsons\u003cbr\u003e 2. The interaction of modality with quantification and identity Robert Stalnaker\u003cbr\u003e 3. S1 is not so simple Maxwell J. Cresswell\u003cbr\u003e 4. A problem in possible-world semantics David Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e 5. Senses of essence Kit Fine\u003cbr\u003e 6. Structuralism and the concept of set Charles Parsons\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Kant-Frege-Russell view of existence David Wiggins\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Morality: 8. Moral dilemmas revisited Philippa Foot\u003cbr\u003e 9. Perspectival Guilt Patricia S. Greenspan\u003cbr\u003e 10. Instigating the unpredisposed Joel Feinberg\u003cbr\u003e 11. Marcus and the problem of nested deontic modalities Nuel Belnap and Paul Bartha\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Belief: 12. Pierre, Saul, Ruth and Bob and a puzzle about belief Robert J. Fogelin\u003cbr\u003e 13. Closure and consistency Issac Levi\u003cbr\u003e 14. De Re Belief, action explanations and the essential indexical Ernest Sosa\u003cbr\u003e 15. T-sentences Scott Soames.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006395404568,"sku":"9780521100571","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521100571i_0af2425c-c2e8-4fb4-bd6e-5712c07f1e7e.jpg?v=1694970726","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modality-morality-and-belief-essays-in-honor-of-ruth-barcan-marcus-paperback-9780521100571","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}