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UNINA9910783883103321 |
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Autore |
Kukla Andre <1942-, > |
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Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-29970-2 |
1-134-29971-0 |
1-280-10630-1 |
0-203-32507-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; ; 22 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-162) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Ineffability and Philosophy; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Ineffability-the very idea; Indescribable entities; The Tarskian approach; Four or five grades of ineffability; Untranslatable languages; Inexpressible facts; Is the Tarskian criterion of ineffability vacuous?; 2. Mysticism, epistemic boundedness, and ineffability; The argument from epistemic boundedness; The argument from mysticism; 3. Believing the mystic; 4. Five types of ineffability; Unrepresentability; Unabducibility; Unselectability and unexecutability; Unreportability; References; Index |
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Presenting a fascinating analysis of the idea of what can't be said, this book ascertains whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion. The author distinguishes different senses in which it might be said that something can't be said.The first part looks at the question of whether ineffability is a coherent idea. Part two evaluates two families of arguments regarding whether ineffable states of affairs actually exist: the argument from mysticism and the argument from epistemic boundedness. Part thr |
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