The objects of thought Tim Crane.

By: Crane, Tim [author.]Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 182 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199682744 (hbk.); 0199682747 (hbk.)Subject(s): Intentionality (Philosophy) | Nonexistent objects (Philosophy)DDC classification: 128.2 LOC classification: B105.I56 | C73 2013
Contents:
The problem of non-existence -- Existence and quantification -- The nature of existence and non-existence -- The structure of intentionality -- Reductionism and psychologism -- Thinking about specific things -- Concluding remarks.
Summary: Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-179) and index.

The problem of non-existence -- Existence and quantification -- The nature of existence and non-existence -- The structure of intentionality -- Reductionism and psychologism -- Thinking about specific things -- Concluding remarks.

Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.

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