Forms of thought : a study in philosophical logic
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Forms of thought : a study in philosophical logic
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
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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