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Autore: |
Kukla Andre <1942-, >
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Titolo: |
Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina: | 121/.68 |
Soggetto topico: | Ineffable, The |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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: | 1-134-29971-0 |
1-280-10630-1 | |
0-203-32507-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450796703321 |
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