Dividing reality / Eli Hirsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirsch, Eli, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Division (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph identifies and explores a philosophical dilemma which the author calls "the division problem". This is defined as the problem of explaining why language divides up reality in one way rather than another, or the rational basis for languages to contain certain types of words.

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Division Problem; 2. Projectibility and Strange Languages; 3. Reality's Joints I: Properties; 4. Reality's Joints II: Things; 5. The Pragmatic Response; 6. The Order of Understanding; 7. Ontology and the Division Problem; Appendix 1. Projectible Terms; Appendix 2. Similarity and Natural Properties; Appendix 3. The Fine-Grained Doctrine; References; Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p236-239. -Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773025-6

1-280-52380-8

0-19-536337-X

0-585-35085-X

OCLC:

466424711