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ABSTRACT OBJECTS & SEM OF NAT LANG C

By Moltmann

ABSTRACT OBJECTS & SEM OF NAT LANG C

By Moltmann

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Abstract objects have been a central topic in philosophy since antiquity. Philosophers have defended various views about abstract objects by appealing to metaphysical considerations, considerations regarding mathematics or science, and, not infrequently, intuitions about natural language. This book pursues the question of how and whether natural language allows for reference to abstract objects in a fully systematic way. By making full use of contemporary linguisticsemantics, it presents a much greater range of linguistic generalizations than has previously been taken into consideration in philosophical discussions, and it argues for an ontological picture is very different from that generally taken for granted by philosophers and semanticists alike. Referenceto abstract objects such as properties, numbers, propositions, and degrees is considerably more marginal than generally held. Instead, natural language is rather generous in allowing reference to particularized properties (tropes), the use of nonreferential expressions in apparent referential position, and the use of 'nominalizing expressions', such as quantifiers like 'something'. Reference to abstract objects is achieved generally only by the use of 'reifying terms', such as 'the numbereight'.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2013-05-19
Publication Date:
2018-06-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199608741
ISBN13:
9780199608744
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
552 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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