Plenitude and contingency
modal concepts in nineteenth century French philosophy
pp. 179-237
Abstrakt
There are many signs that allow us to predict the proximate advent of an epoch the general character of which will be the predominance of what one might call a realistic or spiritualistic positivism, having as its generating principle the awakening of the mind to the consciousness of its own existence, from which it realizes that all other existence follows and depends upon, and which is identical with its own action.1
Publication details
Published in:
Knuuttila Simo (1988) Modern modalities: studies of the history of modal theories from medieval nominalism to logical positivism. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 179-237
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2915-9_5
Referenz:
Engel Pascal (1988) „Plenitude and contingency: modal concepts in nineteenth century French philosophy“, In: S. Knuuttila (ed.), Modern modalities, Dordrecht, Springer, 179–237.