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Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla



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Autore: Kukla Andre <1942-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-29970-2
1-134-29971-0
1-280-10630-1
0-203-32507-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783883103321
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Serie: Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; ; 22.