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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963654103321

Autore

Strawson P. F.

Titolo

Entity and identity : and other essays / / P.F. Strawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-159847-X

1-282-00683-5

9786612006838

0-19-151908-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 284 pages)

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Philosophy

Language and languages - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Entity and Identity -- 2. Universals -- 3. Positions for Quantifiers -- 4. Concepts and Properties -- 5. Direct Singular Reference: Intended Reference and Actual Reference -- 6. Belief, Reference, and Quantification -- 7. Reference and Its Roots -- 8. Logical Form and Logical Constants -- 9. 'If' and u -- 10. May Bes and Might have Beens -- 11. Austin and 'Locutionary Meaning'? -- 12. Meaning and Context -- 13. Kant's New Foundations of Metaphysics -- 14. The Problem of Realism and the A Priori -- 15. Kant's Paralogisms: Self-Consciousness and the 'Outside Observer' -- 16. Kant on Substance.

Sommario/riassunto

This work gathers selected essays by the author in two areas of philosophy. The first 12 pieces concern the philosophy of language, and the volume is completed by four studies in Kantian metaphysics.