03116nam a22004695i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001300172072001600185072002300201072001500224100008600239245011900325250001800444264007500462300003400537336002600571337002600597338003600623347002400659490011200683505017200795520118200967650004702149650001802196650003502214650001802249710003402267773002602301776003602327776003602363776003602399830011902435856004602554912001402600912001502614999001702629978-3-031-65361-2DE-He21320251030112654.0cr nn 008mamaa240727s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316536129978-3-031-65361-27 a10.1007/978-3-031-65361-22doi 4aP101-120 7aCFA2bicssc 7aPHI0380002bisacsh 7aCFA2thema1 aSendłak, Maciej.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98139310aWondering about the Impossible: On the Semantics of Counterpossiblesh[electronic resource] /cby Maciej Sendłak.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIV, 192 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSynthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,x2542-8292 ;v4870 aIntroduction -- 1. The Question of Counterpossibles -- 2. Inferentialism -- 3. Possible Worlds Semantics -- 4. Truthmaker Semantics -- 5. A Hybrid Approach -- Summary.  aThis book provides an in-depth analysis of the nature and role of hypothetical reasoning about impossibilities. The interest in this subject stems from the simple observation that wondering is an inherent aspect of our experience. Whether one regrets choosing a taxicab over the subway or contemplates the outcome of an election turning out differently, the question 'What would have happened if...?' is a familiar one. While we often focus on possible scenarios, we also ponder impossible ones: What if whales were fish? What if a man could be in two places at once? What if one could draw a round square? Puzzles concerning such questions sparked a heated discussion over the nature and role of hypothetical reasoning about impossibilities. This book goes beyond being an opinionated introduction to this debate. After comparing various approaches to this issue, it proposes a novel perspective that draws on considerations from epistemology and the philosophy of explanation and dependence. Targeting researchers and students interested in the philosophy of modalities, this book delivers an in-depth analysis of a captivating and often overlooked aspect of human reasoning. 0aLanguage and languagesxPhilosophy.973516 0aLogic.97067414aPhilosophy of Language.97351824aLogic.9706742 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303165360508iPrinted edition:z978303165362908iPrinted edition:z9783031653636 0aSynthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,x2542-8292 ;v48797235040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65361-2  aZDB-2-REP  aZDB-2-SXPR  c61971d61971