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Autore |
McGinn Colin <1950-> |
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Logical properties : identity, existence, predication, necessity, truth / / Colin McGinn |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-926263-2 |
1-281-94406-8 |
9786611944063 |
0-19-152923-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 114 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-110) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Identity; 2. Existence; 3. Predication; 4. Necessity; 5. Truth; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the nature of these concepts in an attempt to define them according to preconceived ideas. Logical Properties aims to respect the ordinary ways we talk and think when we employ theseconcepts, while at the same time showing that they are far more interesting and peculiar than some have supposed. There are r |
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