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The impossible : an essay on hyperintensionality / Mark Jago.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jago, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy of mind--Philosophy.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Epistemic logic.
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Other Title:
- Essay on hyperintensionality
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mark Jago presents a new account of meaningful thought, and how it is meaningful to think about the impossible. He gives a detailed analysis of the concept of hyperintensionality, whereby logically equivalent contents may be distinct, and develops an original theory in terms of possible and impossible worlds.
- Contents:
- The possible worlds approach
- Hyperintensionality and structure
- Impossible worlds
- Constructing worlds
- The problem of bounded rationality
- Epistemic content
- Appendix: model epistemic logic.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 8, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-102277-2
- 0-19-101915-1
- 0-19-177959-8
- OCLC:
- 1256082573
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