LEADER 02571nam 2200685uu 450 001 9910972493603321 005 20251116141428.0 010 $a0-19-773025-6 010 $a1-280-52380-8 010 $a0-19-536337-X 010 $a0-585-35085-X 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195057546.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)111004366525774 035 $a(EBL)271322 035 $a(OCoLC)466424711 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160782 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052676 035 $a(PQKB)11235362 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271322 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10142174 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52380 035 $a(OCoLC)935260236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271322 035 $a(OCoLC)1406781199 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197730256 035 $a(OCoLC)26854367 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB168446 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366525774 100 $a19930816e20231993 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDividing reality /$fEli Hirsch 210 1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aBibliography: p236-239. -Includes index. 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1993. 311 08$a0-19-511142-7 311 08$a0-19-505754-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index. 327 $aContents; 1. The Division Problem; 2. Projectibility and Strange Languages; 3. Reality's Joints I: Properties; 4. Reality's Joints II: Things; 5. The Pragmatic Response; 6. The Order of Understanding; 7. Ontology and the Division Problem; Appendix 1. Projectible Terms; Appendix 2. Similarity and Natural Properties; Appendix 3. The Fine-Grained Doctrine; References; Index 330 8 $aThis monograph identifies and explores a philosophical dilemma which the author calls "the division problem". This is defined as the problem of explaining why language divides up reality in one way rather than another, or the rational basis for languages to contain certain types of words. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aDivision (Philosophy) 615 0$aDivision (Philosophy) 676 $a111 700 $aHirsch$b Eli$0142530 801 0$bUk 801 1$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972493603321 996 $aDividing reality$94525318 997 $aUNINA