Fate, time, and language : an essay on free will ; David Foster Wallace /

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Long before he published Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace wrote a brilliant critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. In 1962, Taylor used six commonly-accepted presuppositions to imply that humans have no control over the future. Not only did Wallace take issue with Taylor's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cahn, Steven M., Eckert, Maureen, 1966-, Wallace, David Foster
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Taylor, Richard, > 1919-2003. > Fatalism.
Fate and fatalism.
Semantics.
Destin et fatalisme.
Sémantique.
semantics.
PHILOSOPHY > Free Will & Determinism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The background. Introduction / Steven M. Cahn
  • Fatalism / Richard Taylor
  • Professor Taylor on fatalism / John Turk Saunders
  • Fatalism and ability / Richard Taylor
  • Fatalism and ability II / Peter Makepeace
  • Fatalism and linguistic reform / John Turk Saunders
  • Fatalism and Professor Taylor / Bruce Aune
  • Taylor's fatal fallacy / Raziel Abelson
  • A note on fatalism / Richard Taylor
  • Tautology and fatalism / Richard Sharvy
  • Fatalistic arguments / Steven Cahn
  • Comment / Richard Taylor
  • Fatalism and ordinary language / John Turk Saunders
  • Fallacies in Taylor's "fatalism" / Charles D. Brown
  • The essay. Renewing the fatalist conversation / Maureen Eckert
  • Richard Taylor's "fatalism" and the semantics of physical modality / David Foster Wallace
  • Epilogue. David Foster Wallace as student: a memoir / Jay Garfield.

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