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Austere realism : contextual semantics meets minimal ontology /

This work presents a provocative ontological-cum-semantic position stating that the right ontology is austere in its exclusion of numerous common-sense and scientific posits and that many statements employing such posits are nonetheless true.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horgan, Terry, 1948-
Otros Autores: Potrč, Matjaž
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Colección:Representation and mind.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; 1 Simple Realism: The Naive Approach to Truth and Ontology; 2 Problems for Simple Realism; 3 Contextual Semantics: Truth as Indirect Correspondence; 4 Austere Realism: Overcoming Simple Realism's Problems; 5 The Ascendance of the Austere: Further Arguments for Austere Realism; 6 Objections to Austere Realism; 7 Betting on the Blobject: The Choice among Austere Ontologies; Notes; References; Index