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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
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:"A Bradford book."
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262275682
0262275686
9780262083768
0262083760
9781435647848
143564784X
9780262513333
0262513331
1282100157
9781282100152
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262083768.001.0001