Towards non-being : the logic and metaphysics of intentionality

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Towards non-being : the logic and metaphysics of intentionality

Graham Priest

Clarendon Press, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index

First published in paperback 2007

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Towards Non-Being presents an account of the semantics of intentional language - verbs such as 'believes', 'fears', 'seeks', 'imagines'. Graham Priest's account tackles problems concerning intentional states which are often brushed under the carpet in discussions of intentionality, such as their failure to be closed under deducibility. Drawing on the work of the late Richard Routley (Sylvan), it proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. Since Russell, non-existent objects have had a bad press in Western philosophy; Priest mounts a full-scale defence. In the process, he offers an account of both fictional and mathematical objects as non-existent. The book will be of central interest to anyone who is concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, the metaphysics of existence and identity, the philosophy or fiction, the philosophy of mathematics, or cognitive representation in AI.

Table of Contents

  • I. SEMANTICS FOR INTENTIONALITY
  • II. IN DEFENCE OF NON-BEING

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Details

  • NCID
    BA87815379
  • ISBN
    • 9780199230556
  • LCCN
    2005000611
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 190 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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