Austere realism : contextual semantics meets minimal ontology /

This work presents a provocative ontological-cum-semantic position stating that the right ontology is austere in its exclusion of numerous common-sense and scientific posits and that many statements employing such posits are nonetheless true.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Horgan, Terry, 1948-
Other Authors:	Potrč, Matjaž
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:	Representation and mind
Subjects:	Ontology. Realism. Semantics. PHILOSOPHY/General LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book