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21 produkter
Biological Essentialism
E-bok, 2023
987 kr
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Biological Essentialism addresses three main issues. The first concerns the essences (natures, identities) of biological taxa, particularly species. Kripke and other metaphysicians hold that these essences are (at least partly) intrinsic, underlying, probably largely genetic properties. This view, …
Biological Essentialism
E-bok, 2023
987 kr
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Biological Essentialism addresses three main issues. The first concerns the essences (natures, identities) of biological taxa, particularly species. Kripke and other metaphysicians hold that these essences are (at least partly) intrinsic, underlying, probably largely genetic properties. This view, …
Biological Essentialism
Inbunden, 2023
1176 kr
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Biological Essentialism addresses three main issues. The first concerns the essences (natures, identities) of biological taxa, particularly species. Kripke and other metaphysicians hold that these essences are (at least partly) intrinsic, underlying, probably largely genetic properties. This view, …
Reference and Beyond
Essays in Philosophy of Language
E-bok, 2025
1723 kr
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In Reference and Beyond , Michael Devitt explores philosophy of language from a naturalistic approach. A dominant theme of this book is the semantics of proper names, definite descriptions, and demonstratives. It shows that these terms have conventional "referential" uses to express "singular" …
Reference and Beyond
Essays in Philosophy of Language
E-bok, 2025
1723 kr
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In Reference and Beyond , Michael Devitt explores philosophy of language from a naturalistic approach. A dominant theme of this book is the semantics of proper names, definite descriptions, and demonstratives. It shows that these terms have conventional "referential" uses to express "singular" …
Ignorance of Language
Inbunden, 2006
2260 kr
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The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is …
Ignorance of Language
Häftad, 2008
876 kr
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The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is …
Putting Metaphysics First
Essays on Metaphysics and Epistemology
Inbunden, 2010
2765 kr
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The metaphysical part of this book is largely concerned with realism issues. Michael Devitt starts with realism about universals, dismissing Plato's notorious 'one over many' problem. Several chapters argue for a fairly uncompromising realist view of the external physical world of commonsense and …
Reference and Beyond
Essays in Philosophy of Language
Inbunden, 2025
2046 kr
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In Reference and Beyond, Michael Devitt explores philosophy of language from a naturalistic approach. A dominant theme of this book is the semantics of proper names, definite descriptions, and demonstratives. It shows that these terms have conventional "referential" uses to express "singular" …
Putting Metaphysics First
Essays on Metaphysics and Epistemology
Häftad, 2010
908 kr
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The metaphysical part of this book is largely concerned with realism issues. Michael Devitt starts with realism about universals, dismissing Plato's notorious 'one over many' problem. Several chapters argue for a fairly uncompromising realist view of the external physical world of commonsense and …
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language
Av Richard Hanley, Michael Devitt
E-bok, 2008
1776 kr
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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further …
Coming to our Senses
A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism
Inbunden, 1995
1514 kr
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Michael Devitt is a distinguished philosopher of language. In this book he takes up one of the most important difficulties that must be faced by philosophical semantics: namely, the threat posed by holism. Three important questions lie at the core of this book: what are the main objectives of …
Coming to our Senses
A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism
Av Michael Devitt, Ernest Sosa
Häftad, 1995
512 kr
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Michael Devitt is a distinguished philosopher of language. In this book he takes up one of the most important difficulties that must be faced by philosophical semantics: namely, the threat posed by holism. Three important questions lie at the core of this book: what are the main objectives of …
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language
Inbunden, 2006
1493 kr
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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further …
Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Language
Av Michael Devitt, Richard Hanley
Häftad, 2006
552 kr
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The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Language is a collection of twenty new essays in a cutting-edge and wide-ranging field. Surveys central issues in contemporary philosophy of language while examining foundational topics Provides pedagogical tools such as abstracts and suggestions for further …
Realism and Truth
Second Edition
Häftad, 1997
1129 kr
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In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Michael Devitt argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world, and for a correspondence notion of truth. Furthermore, he argues that, contrary to received opinion, the metaphysical question of realism is distinct …
Finding Eve
Raising a transgender teen in Idaho
Av Angie Devitt, Michael Devitt
E-bok, 2025
175 kr
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This book tells the story of an Idaho teen growing to understand her gender dysphoria and the process of coming out to her immediate family, and her broader family. It also details her family sharing her story with their friends and with their church family, with whom they ultimately severed ties. …
Finding Eve
Raising a transgender teen in Idaho
Av Michael Devitt, Angie Devitt
Häftad, 2024
272 kr
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Overlooking Conventions
The Trouble With Linguistic Pragmatism
Inbunden, 2021
1022 kr
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This book criticizes the methodology of the recent semantics-pragmatics debate in the theory of language and proposes an alternative. It applies this methodology to argue for a traditional view against a group of “contextualists” and “pragmatists”, including Sperber and Wilson, Bach, Carston, …
Overlooking Conventions
The Trouble With Linguistic Pragmatism
E-bok, 2021
923 kr
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This book criticizes the methodology of the recent semantics-pragmatics debate in the theory of language and proposes an alternative. It applies this methodology to argue for a traditional view against a group of “contextualists” and “pragmatists”, including Sperber and Wilson, Bach, Carston, …
Overlooking Conventions
The Trouble With Linguistic Pragmatism
Häftad, 2022
740 kr
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This book criticizes the methodology of the recent semantics-pragmatics debate in the theory of language and proposes an alternative. It applies this methodology to argue for a traditional view against a group of “contextualists” and “pragmatists”, including Sperber and Wilson, Bach, Carston, …
