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Pretense and pathology : philosophical fictionalism and its applications / Bradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Description: xii, 273 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781316648261
- 121 ARM
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Summary: This book examines and assesses various fictionalist approaches in philosophy, demonstrating how a specific form of philosophical fictionalism can address a broad array of traditional philosophical puzzles and paradoxes. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students in fields such as the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, epistemology, linguistics, and metaphysics.
1. Philosophical fictionalism; 2. Semantic pretense-involving fictionalism and existence-talk; 3. Propositional realism and a SPIF account of proposition-talk; 4. T-deflationism and a SPIF account of truth-talk; 5. Diagnosing and treating the Liar Paradox and other apparent alethic pathologies; 6. SPIF accounts of reference-talk and predicate-satisfaction-talk and apparent non-alethic semantic pathology; 7. Extensions and objections.
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 121 ARM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 327481 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Philosophical fictionalism; 2. Semantic pretense-involving fictionalism and existence-talk; 3. Propositional realism and a SPIF account of proposition-talk; 4. T-deflationism and a SPIF account of truth-talk; 5. Diagnosing and treating the Liar Paradox and other apparent alethic pathologies; 6. SPIF accounts of reference-talk and predicate-satisfaction-talk and apparent non-alethic semantic pathology; 7. Extensions and objections.
This book examines and assesses various fictionalist approaches in philosophy, demonstrating how a specific form of philosophical fictionalism can address a broad array of traditional philosophical puzzles and paradoxes. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students in fields such as the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, epistemology, linguistics, and metaphysics.