The objects of thought / Tim Crane.

By:

Crane, Tim

Publication details: Oxford: Oxford Uniuversity Press, 2015.Description: xii, 182 pagesISBN:

9780198748045

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DDC classification:

128.2 Q5

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Contents:

The problem of non-existence -- Existence and quantification -- The nature of existence and non-existence -- The structure of intentionality -- Reductionism and psychologism -- Thinking about specific things -- Concluding remarks.

Summary: Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-179) and index.

Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.

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