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Towards Non-Being: The Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality

by Graham Priest

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ISBN13: 9780199230556
ISBN10: 0199230552
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Graham Priest presents a ground-breaking account of the semantics of intentional language--verbs such as "believes," "fears," "seeks," or "imagines." Towards Non-Being proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. The book will be of central interest to anyone who is concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, the metaphysics of existence and identity, the philosophy of fiction, the philosophy of mathematics, or cognitive representation in AI.
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About the Author

Graham Priest is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and Arche Professorial Fellow at the University of St Andrews.

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Table of Contents

Preface


I. Semantics for Intentionality


1. Intentional Operators


2. Identity


3. Objects of Thought


4. Characterization and Descriptions


II. In Defence of Non-Being


5. On What There Isn't


6. Fiction


7. Mathematical Objects and Worlds


8. Multiple Denotation


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ISBN:
9780199230556
Subtitle:
The Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality
Author:
Priest, Graham
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Subject:
Mathematics
Subject:
Logic
Subject:
PHILOSOPHY / Logic
Subject:
Philosophy | Logic and Mathematics
Subject:
Linguistics
Subject:
Metaphysics
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
December 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
0.100 x 0.100 x 0.100 in 0.006 oz
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