Reforging the Great Chain of Being
Professor Simo . Ed(S): Knuuttila
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Hardback. Editor(s): Knuuttila, Professor Simo. Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
A sports reporter might say that in a competition all the participants realize their potentialities or possibilities. When an athlete performs far below his usual standard, it can be said that it was possible for him to do better. But the idea of fair play requires that this use of 'possible' refers to another com petition. It is presumed that the best athlete wins and that no real possibility of doing better is left unrealized in a competition. Here we have a use of language, a language game, in which modal notions are used so as to imply that if ... Read more
A sports reporter might say that in a competition all the participants realize their potentialities or possibilities. When an athlete performs far below his usual standard, it can be said that it was possible for him to do better. But the idea of fair play requires that this use of 'possible' refers to another com petition. It is presumed that the best athlete wins and that no real possibility of doing better is left unrealized in a competition. Here we have a use of language, a language game, in which modal notions are used so as to imply that if ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Historical Library
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027711250
SKU
V9789027711250
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