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Modality, morality, and belief are among the most controversial topics in philosophy today, 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 new positions on such topics as possible worlds, moral dilemmas, essentialism, and the explanation of actions by beliefs. This "state-of-the-art" collection honors one of the most rigorous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.
Sommario
Part I. Modality: 1. Ruth Barcan Marcus and the Barcan Formula Terence Parsons; 2. The interaction of modality with quantification and identity Robert Stalnaker; 3. S1 is not so simple Maxwell J. Cresswell; 4. A problem in possible-world semantics David Kaplan; 5. Senses of essence Kit Fine; 6. Structuralism and the concept of set Charles Parsons; 7. The Kant-Frege-Russell view of existence David Wiggins; Part II. Morality: 8. Moral dilemmas revisited Philippa Foot; 9. Perspectival Guilt Patricia S. Greenspan; 10. Instigating the unpredisposed Joel Feinberg; 11. Marcus and the problem of nested deontic modalities Nuel Belnap and Paul Bartha; Part III. Belief: 12. Pierre, Saul, Ruth and Bob and a puzzle about belief Robert J. Fogelin; 13. Closure and consistency Issac Levi; 14. De Re Belief, action explanations and the essential indexical Ernest Sosa; 15. T-sentences Scott Soames.
Riassunto
This collection of essays honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.
