Austere realism : contextual semantics meets minimal ontology /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Horgan, Terry, 1948-
Other Authors: Potrč, Matjaž
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:Representation and mind.
Subjects:
Ontology.
Realism.
Semantics.
Ontologie.
Réalisme.
Sémantique.
ontology (metaphysics)
semantics.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Realism.
Ontology
Realism
Semantics
PHILOSOPHY/General
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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