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Autore: | Camp Joseph L |
Titolo: | Confusion [[electronic resource] ] : a study in the theory of knowledge / / Joseph L. Camp, Jr |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina: | 165 |
Soggetto topico: | Errors |
Knowledge, Theory of | |
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.: | 9910778454903321 |
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