Transient Truths : an Essay in the Metaphysics of Propositions.
What are the things that we assert, believe, and desire? The orthodox view among philosophers is eternalism: these are contents that have their truth-values eternally. Transient Truths provides the first book-length exposition and defense of the opposing view, temporalism: these are contents that ca...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | What are the things that we assert, believe, and desire? The orthodox view among philosophers is eternalism: these are contents that have their truth-values eternally. Transient Truths provides the first book-length exposition and defense of the opposing view, temporalism: these are contents that can change their truth-values along with changes in the world. Berit Brogaard argues that temporal contents are contents and propositions in the full sense. This project involves a thorough analysis of how we talk about and retain mental states over time, an examination of how the phenomenology of men. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199796922 0199796920 1280595671 9781280595677 9780199933235 0199933235 |