Denying Existence : The Logic, Epistemology and Pragmatics of Negative Existentials and Fictional Discourse /
This book tries to explore, in language as non-technical as possible, the deepest philosophical problems regarding the logical status of empty (singular) terms such as `Pegasus', `Batman', `The impossible staircase departs in Escher's painting `Ascending-Descending'+ etc., and re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1997.
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| Series: | Synthese library ;
261. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book tries to explore, in language as non-technical as possible, the deepest philosophical problems regarding the logical status of empty (singular) terms such as `Pegasus', `Batman', `The impossible staircase departs in Escher's painting `Ascending-Descending'+ etc., and regarding sentences which deny the existence of singled-out fictional entities. It will be fascinating for literary theorists with a flair for logic, to students of metaphysics and philosophy of language, and for historians of philosophy interested in the fate of the Russell-Meinong debate. For teachers of these aspects of analytic philosophy this will provide a textbook which goes beyond the Western tradition (without plunging into any mystical Eastern `Emptiness', which is what some previous comparative philosophers did!). |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401712231 (electronic bk.) 9401712239 (electronic bk.) |