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Towards non-being : the logic and metaphysics of intentionality /

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This text presents an account of the semantics of intentional language. It proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. The text will be of interest to those concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Priest, Graham
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2005.
Subjects:
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Intentionnalité (Philosophie)
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; PART I: SEMANTICS FOR INTENTIONALITY; 1 Intentional Operators; 2 Identity; 3 Objects of Thought; 4 Characterization and Descriptions; PART II: IN DEFENCE OF NON-BEING; 5 On What There Isn't; 6 Fiction; 7 Mathematical Objects and Worlds; 8 Multiple Denotation; Bibliography; Index; D; I; N; Q; U; Z