CSUN Student Philosophy Society

For this week’s meeting, our very own Dr. Takashi Yagisawa will give a presentation on some of the topics within in his upcoming book, Worlds and Individuals, Possible and Otherwise.  This description of his book will give a clear idea of what to expect during his presentation:

Modal realism says that non-actual possible worlds and individuals are as real as the actual world and individuals. Takashi Yagisawa defends modal realism of a variety different from David Lewis’s theory. The notion of reality is left primitive and sharply distinguished from that of existence, which is proposed as a relation between a thing and a domain. Worlds are postulated as modal indices for truth on a par with times, which are temporal indices for truth. Ordinary individual objects are conceived as being extended in spatial, temporal, and modal dimensions and their transworld identity is explicated by the closest-continuer theory. Impossible worlds and individuals are postulated and used to provide accounts of propositions, belief sentences, and fictional discourse.

Currently Professor and Chair of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge, Dr. Yagisawa’s upcoming book is scheduled to debut in Feburary 2010 and will be published by Oxford University Press.

Seats will definitely fill up for this presentation, so make sure to come early!