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UNINA9910820611403321 |
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Autore |
Camp Joseph L |
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Titolo |
Confusion : a study in the theory of knowledge / / Joseph L. Camp, Jr |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge, Theory of |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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I Material Falsity 1. Thinking One Thing Is Another 2. A Little History II What Confusion Is 3. Fred and the Ant Colony 4. The Semantic Use of Psychological Language III A Little Logic 5. Ambiguity 6. Humoring IV Truth-Valuing 7. Calibration 8. Failure to Refer 9. How You Convince People--Including Yourself--of the Theory of Descriptions 10. Trying to Predicate Existence V A Logic for Confusion 11. Explicating 12. Good Advice 13. How Fred Should Think VI Curing Confusion 14. Semantic Self-Awareness 15. Two Charleys 16. Young Newton VII Flexible Sameness 17. Self-Induced Confusion 18. The Theory of Ideas 19. Making Category Mistakes and Loving It Notes Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Everyone has mistaken one thing for another, such as a stranger for an acquaintance. A person who has mistaken two things, Joseph Camp argues, even on a massive scale, is still capable of logical thought. |
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