Impossible Worlds

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Impossible Worlds

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Author : Bruno Ernst
language : en
Publisher: Evergreen
Release Date : 2006

Impossible Worlds written by Bruno Ernst and has been published by Evergreen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Design categories.

Examining Philosophy Itself

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Author : Yafeng Shan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2023-03-13

Examining Philosophy Itself written by Yafeng Shan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-13 with Philosophy categories.

EXAMINING PHILOSOPHY ITSELF One of the most distinctive features of philosophy is self-reflection. Philosophers are not only concerned with metaphysical, epistemological, conceptual, ethical, and aesthetic issues of things around us, they also pay serious attention to the nature, value, methods, and development of philosophy itself. This book examines some of the most important metaphilosophical issues: Is philosophy progressive? Are metaphysical claims meaningful? What is the aim of philosophy? Should analytic metaphysics be replaced by naturalised metaphysics? What is the prospect of a digital approach to philosophy of science? Can poetry play a substantial role in philosophy? Examining Philosophy Itself will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy.

The Routledge Handbook Of Modality

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Author : Otávio Bueno
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-29

The Routledge Handbook Of Modality written by Otávio Bueno and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-29 with Philosophy categories.

Modality - the question of what is possible and what is necessary - is a fundamental area of philosophy and philosophical research. The Routledge Handbook of Modality is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into seven clear parts: worlds and modality essentialism, ontological dependence, and modality modal anti-realism epistemology of modality modality in science modality in logic and mathematics modality in the history of philosophy. Within these sections the central issues, debates and problems are examined, including possible worlds, essentialism, counterfactuals, ontological dependence, modal fictionalism, deflationism, the integration challenge, conceivability, a priori knowledge, laws of nature, natural kinds, and logical necessity. The Routledge Handbook of Modality is essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields in philosophy such as philosophy of mathematics, logic and philosophy of science.

Literature And Possible Worlds

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Author : Doreen Maitre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983

Literature And Possible Worlds written by Doreen Maitre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Fantasy in literature categories.

Mathematical Reviews

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Mathematical Reviews written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mathematics categories.

Heterocosmica

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Author : Lubomír Doležel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Heterocosmica written by Lubomír Doležel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.

"The universe of possible worlds is constantly expanding and diversifying thanks to the incessant world-constructing activity of human minds and hands. Literary fiction is probably the most active experimental laboratory of the world-constructing enterprise." -- from the author's Preface The standard contrast between fiction and reality, notes Lubomr Dolezel, obscures an array of problems that have beset philosophers and literary critics for centuries. Commentators usually admit that fiction conveys some kind of truth -- the truth of the story of Faust, for instance. They acknowledge that fiction usually bears some kind of relation to reality -- for example, the London of Dickens. But both the status of the truth and the nature of the relationship have baffled, frustrated, or repelled a long line of thinkers. In Heterocosmica, Lubomr Dolezel offers nothing less than a complete theory of literary fiction based on the idea of possible worlds. Beginning with a discussion of the extant semantics and pragmatics of fictionality -- by Leibniz, Russell, Frege, Searle, Auerbach, and others -- he relates them to literature, literary theory, and narratology. He also investigates theories of action, intention, and literary communication to develop a system of concepts that allows him to offer perceptive reinterpretations of a host of classical, modern, and postmodern fictional narratives--from Defoe through Dickens, Dostoevsky, Huysmans, Bely, and Kafka to Hemingway, Kundera, Rhys, Plenzdorf, and Coetzee. By careful attention to philosophical inquiry into possible worlds, especially Saul Kripke's and Jaakko Hintikka's, and through long familiarity with literary theory, Dolezel brings us anunprecedented examination of the notion of fictional worlds. "This remarkable book sums up the life's work of one of the most serious, original, and balanced literary thinkers in North America. Focusing on the fictional universes projected by literary texts and the discursive means of achieving fictional effects, Lubomr Dolezel's Heterocosmica provides a general theory of literary meaning. The result is a highly distinguished contribution to the field of literary theory." -- Thomas Pavel, Princeton University

Negation Text Worlds And Discourse

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Author : Laura Hidalgo-Downing
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2000-05

Negation Text Worlds And Discourse written by Laura Hidalgo-Downing and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with Business & Economics categories.

This work originates from the need to develop an integrated dynamic model of negation in discourse that is adequate for understanding the role of negation in an extensive and complex piece of discourse. Most work on negation is strongly influenced by traditional philosopical problems, but little work has been carried out in the area of discourse. Approaches to negation within the functional-cognitive tradition tend to focus of specific agents of negation, its function as a speech act, or its cognitive model. Few attempts have been made to propose an integrated discourse model, studies of negation with few exceptions tend to be limited to brief selections or isolated sentences. This book fills the gap in studies of negation in discourse by providing an up-to-date critical review of the state of the art in negation and by proposing a model that brings together the semantic, cognitve, and pragmatic features of negation, which are crucial for an understanding of its role in disourse.

Philosophical Topics

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Philosophical Topics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Philosophy categories.

Vols. for 1981-88 accompanied by supplements: Proceedings of the Southwestern Philosophical Society; and Phenomenology and the human sciences.

Tinsley S Magazine

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Author : Edmund Hodgson Yates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

Tinsley S Magazine written by Edmund Hodgson Yates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.

Recent Work In Philosophy

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Author : Kenneth G. Lucey
language : en
Publisher: Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Allanheld
Release Date : 1983

Recent Work In Philosophy written by Kenneth G. Lucey and has been published by Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Allanheld this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Philosophy categories.