Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 384 g
The Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality
Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 384 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-926254-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Towards Non-Being presents an account of the semantics of intentional language - verbs such as 'believes', 'fears', 'seeks', 'imagines'. Graham Priest's account tackles problems concerning intentional states which are often brushed under the carpet in discussions of intentionality, such as their failure to be closed under deducibility. Drawing on the work of the late Richard Routley (Sylvan), it proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or
non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. Since Russell, non-existent objects have had a bad press in Western philosophy; Priest mounts a full-scale defence. In the process, he offers an account of both fictional and mathematical objects as non-existent.
The book will be of central interest to anyone who is concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, the metaphysics of existence and identity, the philosophy or fiction, the philosophy of mathematics, or cognitive representation in AI.
Zielgruppe
Scholars and students working on logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, linguistics, and knowledge-representation.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
