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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Priest, Graham, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intentionality (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

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 philosophy of language.

Contents:

I. Semantics for Intentionality. Intentional Operators

Identity

Objects of Thought

Characterization and Descriptions

II. In Defence of Non-Being. On What There Isn't

Fiction

Mathematical Objects and Worlds

Multiple Denotation

III. Impossible Worlds and (other) Non-existent Objects. Possibility, Impossibility, and Conceivability

Lost in Translation

Phenomenological Pointing

Poor Non-Existent Objects

Other Issues from the First Edition

IV. Et Cetera. Creating Non-Existents

Neighbourhood Semantics

Self-Deception

Sein Language

How the Particular Quantified Become Existentially Loaded Behind Our Backs.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-183985-X

0-19-108626-6