{"product_id":"eternal-possibilities-david-weissman-9780809328703","title":"Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence\u003c\/i\u003e builds on David Weissman's earlier\u003ci\u003e Dispositional Properties\u003c\/i\u003e and makes a signal contribution to the study of metaphysics. Here, broadening and enriching the point of view adopted in his earlier work, Weissman cites and criticizes a large number of theories proposed by authors from Plato to Wittgenstein and others exploring language theory and metaphysics. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of Wittgenstein will be especially interested in Mr. Weissman's critical examination of Wittgenstein's claim in the\u003ci\u003e Tractatus\u003c\/i\u003e that possibilities are the facts for logic. Weissman proposes a modal theory of properties: they exist in the first instance as possibilities. He argues that a sentence is meaningful if it signifies a property or complex of properties existing as a possible, and true if that possible is instantiated. The status of possibilities and their relation to actual states of affairs are considered in detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Weissman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809328704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809328703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"David Weissman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453399970047,"sku":"9780809328703","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_330df9a5-6c1b-49fc-91b1-340442d4cefd.jpg?v=1777300026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eternal-possibilities-david-weissman-9780809328703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}