Ockhamism and Philosophy of Time (eBook)

Semantic and Metaphysical Issues Concerning Future Contingents

Alessio Santelli (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
IX, 171 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-90359-6 (ISBN)

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This book discusses fundamental topics on contemporary Ockhamism. The collected essays show how contemporary Ockhamism can impact areas of research such as semantics, metaphysics and also the philosophy of science. In addition, the volume hosts one historian of Medieval philosophy who investigates the way in which William of Ockham 'in flesh and bone' construed time and, more generally, future contingency.

The essays explore the different meanings of this theory. They cover three main topics, in particular. The first examines the thesis that sentences and propositions about the future have a definite truth value, without any ensuing commitment to determinism or fatalism. The second topic looks at the problem whether the branching-time model needs to countenance a privileged branch (the so-called Thin Red Line). Finally, the third topic considers the idea that there are so-called soft facts. These would be the subject matter of sentences and propositions verbally about the present or the past, but metaphysically about a later time, and which might change in the future.

Overall, the book provides an updated and rigorous idea of the debate about Ockhamism. It gives readers a deeper understanding into this philosophical approach influenced by William of Ockham, characterized by the rejection of the Aristotelian idea that, in order to preserve the contingency of the future, future contingents must be deemed neither true nor false.

Dr. Alessio Santelli. Completed his PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He carried out research activities at LOGOS, University of Barcelona (UB), and at the University of L'Aquila. His main interests are in semantics, temporal logic and in philosophy of time, with a particular focus on the problem of Future Contingents.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Synthese Library
• Reihe/Serie: Synthese Library
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 171 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Schlagworte: Assertion Problem Ockham • Branching time semantics Ockham • Fatalism Determinism Ockham • Future Contingents Ockham • Ockamism philosophy of science • Ockamism semantics • Ockamism soft facts • Ockhamism Philosophy Time • Ockhamism truth value • Ockham linguistics • Ockham Philosophy of Science • Ockham razor contemporary philosophy • Openness future Ockjham • Thin Red Line Ockham • William of Ockham contemporary philospohy
• ISBN-10: 3-030-90359-1 / 3030903591
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-90359-6 / 9783030903596