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Austere realism : contextual semantics meets minimal ontology / Terry Horgan and Matjaz Potrc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horgan, Terry, 1948-
- Series:
- Representation and mind.
- Representation and mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ontology.
- Realism.
- Semantics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Simple Realism: The Naive Approach to Truth and Ontology; 2 Problems for Simple Realism; 3 Contextual Semantics: Truth as Indirect Correspondence; 4 Austere Realism: Overcoming Simple Realism's Problems; 5 The Ascendance of the Austere: Further Arguments for Austere Realism; 6 Objections to Austere Realism; 7 Betting on the Blobject: The Choice among Austere Ontologies; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- "A Bradford book."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-10015-7
- 9786612100154
- 0-262-27568-6
- 1-4356-4784-X
- OCLC:
- 232294390
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612100154
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