Forms of thought : a study in philosophical logic

書誌事項

Forms of thought : a study in philosophical logic

E.J. Lowe

Cambridge University Press, 2015

  • : pbk

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"First published 2013. First paperback edition 2015"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Forms of thought are involved whenever we name, describe, or identify things, and whenever we distinguish between what is, might be, or must be the case. It appears to be a distinctive feature of human thought that we can have modal thoughts, about what might be possible or necessary, and conditional thoughts, about what would or might be the case if something else were the case. Even the simplest thoughts are structured like sentences, containing referential and predicative elements, and studying these structures is the main task of philosophical logic. This clear and accessible book investigates the forms of thought, drawing out and focusing on the central logical notions of reference, predication, identity, modality and conditionality. It will be useful to students and other interested readers in epistemology and metaphysics, philosophy of mind and language, and philosophical logic.

目次

  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Reference and Predication: 2. Individuation, reference, and sortal terms
  • 3. Dispositional versus occurrent predication
  • 4. Predication and categories
  • Part II. Identity: 5. What is a criterion of identity?
  • 6. Identity conditions and their grounds
  • Part III. Modality: 7. Identity, vagueness, and modality
  • 8. Necessity, essence, and possible worlds
  • Part IV. Conditionality: 9. The truth about counterfactuals
  • 10. Conditionals and conditional probability
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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詳細情報
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB19483002
  • ISBN
    • 9781107540439
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge [England]
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 213 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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