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Dividing Reality.
The central question in this book is why it seems reasonable for the words of our language to divide up the world in ordinary ways rather than other imaginable ways. Hirsch calls this the division problem. His book aims to bring this problem into sharp focus, to distinguish it from variousrelated pr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cary :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The central question in this book is why it seems reasonable for the words of our language to divide up the world in ordinary ways rather than other imaginable ways. Hirsch calls this the division problem. His book aims to bring this problem into sharp focus, to distinguish it from variousrelated problems, and to consider the best prospects for solving it. In exploring various possible responses to the division problem, Hirsch examines series of ""division principles"" which purport to express rational constraints on how our words ought to classify and individuate. The ensuingdiscussion de. |
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| Notas: | C. Scopes of Attention. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780195363371 019536337X |