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A Two-Dimensionalist Guide to Conceptual Analysis /

According to epistemic two-dimensionalism, or simply twodimensionalism, linguistic expressions are associated with two intensions, one of which represents an expression's a priori implications. The author investigates the prospects of conceptual analysis on the basis of a twodimensionalist theo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kipper, Jens (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Warschau/Berlin : De Gruyter Open, [2012]
Colección:Epistemische Studien ; 25
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Inhalt
  • Introduction
  • 1 What is conceptual analysis and what is the problem?
  • 2 Two-dimensionalism and the necessary a posteriori
  • 3 The challenge from the epistemic arguments
  • 4 Primary intensions, defining the subject, and communication
  • 5 Epistemic transparency and epistemic opacity
  • 6 Scrutability, primary intensions, and conceptual analysis
  • 7 The trouble with definitions and the aims of conceptual analysis
  • 8 Concluding remarks
  • References.