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Entities and Indices
M. J. Cresswell
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Description for Entities and Indices
Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
In ordinary discourse we appear to ta1k about many things that have seemed mysterious to philosophers. We say that there has been a hitch in our arrangements or that the solution to the problem required us to examine all the probable outcomes of our action. So it would seem that we speak as if in addition to eloeks, mountains, queens and grains of sand there are hitches, arrangements, solutions, probiems, and probable outcomes. It is not immediately obvious when we must take such ta1k as really assuming that there are such to develop tests for things, and one of the ... Read more
In ordinary discourse we appear to ta1k about many things that have seemed mysterious to philosophers. We say that there has been a hitch in our arrangements or that the solution to the problem required us to examine all the probable outcomes of our action. So it would seem that we speak as if in addition to eloeks, mountains, queens and grains of sand there are hitches, arrangements, solutions, probiems, and probable outcomes. It is not immediately obvious when we must take such ta1k as really assuming that there are such to develop tests for things, and one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792309673
SKU
V9780792309673
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Reviews for Entities and Indices
`... I heartily recommend it to any philosopher of language interested in the issues. [...] Logicians, of course, will want to savour the whole thing.' Australian Journal of Philosophy, 71:3 (1993)