Confusion [[electronic resource] ] : a study in the theory of knowledge / / Joseph L. Camp, Jr

• Autore: Camp Joseph L
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 165
• Soggetto topico: Errors; Knowledge, Theory of
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Originally published: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Confusion
• ISBN: 0-674-02917-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455129603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II