Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla

• Autore: Kukla Andre <1942-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 121/.68
• Soggetto topico: Ineffable, The
• Classificazione: 11.02
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-162) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Ineffability and Philosophy; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Ineffability-the very idea; Indescribable entities; The Tarskian approach; Four or five grades of ineffability; Untranslatable languages; Inexpressible facts; Is the Tarskian criterion of ineffability vacuous?; 2. Mysticism, epistemic boundedness, and ineffability; The argument from epistemic boundedness; The argument from mysticism; 3. Believing the mystic; 4. Five types of ineffability; Unrepresentability; Unabducibility; Unselectability and unexecutability; Unreportability; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting a fascinating analysis of the idea of what can't be said, this book ascertains whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion. The author distinguishes different senses in which it might be said that something can't be said.The first part looks at the question of whether ineffability is a coherent idea. Part two evaluates two families of arguments regarding whether ineffable states of affairs actually exist: the argument from mysticism and the argument from epistemic boundedness. Part thr
• Titolo autorizzato: Ineffability and philosophy
• ISBN: 1-134-29970-2; 1-134-29971-0; 1-280-10630-1; 0-203-32507-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783883103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; ; 22.