Forms of thought : a study in philosophical logic / E.J. Lowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, E. J. (E. Jonathan), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forms of thought are involved whenever we name, describe, or identify things, and whenever we distinguish between what is, might be, or must be the case. It appears to be a distinctive feature of human thought that we can have modal thoughts, about what might be possible or necessary, and conditional thoughts, about what would or might be the case if something else were the case. Even the simplest thoughts are structured like sentences, containing referential and predicative elements, and studying these structures is the main task of philosophical logic. This clear and accessible book investigates the forms of thought, drawing out and focusing on the central logical notions of reference, predication, identity, modality and conditionality. It will be useful to students and other interested readers in epistemology and metaphysics, philosophy of mind and language, and philosophical logic.

Contents:

Introduction

Individuation, reference, and sortal terms

Two styles of predication, dispositional and occurrent

Ontological categories and categorial predication

What is a criterion of identity?

Identity conditions and their grounds

Identity, vagueness, and modality

Necessity, essence, and possible worlds

The truth about counterfactuals

Conditionals and conditional probability.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-35725-X

1-107-23398-4

1-107-34388-7

1-107-34877-3

1-107-34763-7

1-107-34513-8

1-107-34138-8

0-511-73481-6

OCLC:

843192082