The objects of thought / Tim Crane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crane, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Philosophy.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 182 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Part I. Objects""; ""1. The Problem of Non-Existence""; ""1.1 �About�""; ""1.2 Relational conceptions of intentionality""; ""1.3 Non-existent objects""; ""1.4 Truths about the non-existent""; ""1.5 Existence, being, and reality""; ""1.6 Conclusion and prospectus""; ""2. Existence and Quantification""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 The formalization of claims about existence and non-existence""; ""2.3 �Exists� as a predicate""; ""2.4 Quantification in natural language""; ""2.5 How to quantify over non-existents""

""2.6 Existential sentences: �there is�/�there are�""""2.7 Quantification, ontological commitment, and �believing in�""; ""2.8 Conclusion: the irrelevance of quantification""; ""3. The Nature of Existence and Non-Existence""; ""3.1 The problem posed by non-existents""; ""3.2 Truth about the non-existent: the logical approach""; ""3.3 Truth about the non-existent: the metaphysical approach""; ""3.4 Properties and relations""; ""3.5 Negative existentials""; ""3.6 Do fictional characters exist?""; ""3.7 Fundamentality and existence""; ""3.8 Conclusion to Part I""

""Part II. Thought""""4. The Structure of Intentionality""; ""4.1 Introduction: non-existence and intentionality""; ""4.2 Varieties of intentional object""; ""4.3 Varieties of intentional content""; ""4.4 Varieties of intentional mode""; ""4.5 Propositionalism""; ""4.6 Existing objects of thought""; ""4.7 Conclusion: representation as basic""; ""5. Reductionism and Psychologism""; ""5.1 Introduction: truths about the non-existent and their explanation""; ""5.2 The idea of reduction""; ""5.3 Reductionism and the propositional attitudes""

""5.4 The reduction of indeterminate intentional objects""""5.5 The reduction of non-existent intentional objects""; ""5.6 Conclusion: varieties of reduction""; ""6. Thinking about Specific Things""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Specific thought, singular terms, and singular thought""; ""6.3 Names and thought""; ""6.4 Acquaintance and existence-dependence""; ""6.5 De Re thought""; ""6.6 Psychology and semantics again""; ""6.7 Specific thoughts: a psychologistic account""; ""6.8 No identity without an entity""; ""6.9 Conclusion: reductionism and specific thought""; ""Concluding Remarks""

""Bibliography""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2013).

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ISBN:

0-19-874804-3

0-19-176297-0

0-19-150520-X

OCLC:

868952957