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Deflating Existential Consequence

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190289457
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Deflating Existential Consequence written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we must take mathematical statements to be true, must we also believe in the existence of abstracta eternal invisible mathematical objects accessible only by the power of pure thought? Jody Azzouni says no, and he claims that the way to escape such commitments is to accept (as an essential part of scientific doctrine) true statements which are about objects that don't exist in any sense at all. Azzouni illustrates what the metaphysical landscape looks like once we avoid a militant Realism which forces our commitment to anything that our theories quantify. Escaping metaphysical straitjackets (such as the correspondence theory of truth), while retaining the insight that some truths are about objects that do exist, Azzouni says that we can sort scientifically-given objects into two categories: ones which exist, and to which we forge instrumental access in order to learn their properties, and ones which do not, that is, which are made up in exactly the same sense that fictional objects are. He offers as a case study a small portion of Newtonian physics, and one result of his classification of its ontological commitments, is that it does not commit us to absolute space and time.

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Deflating Existential Consequence

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195159888
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Deflating Existential Consequence written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we take mathematical statements to be true, must we also believe in the existence of abstract invisible mathematical objects? This text claims that the way to escape such a commitment is to accept true statements which are about objects that don't exist in any sense at all.

Ontology Without Borders

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190622555
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Ontology Without Borders written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to the metaphysics, background logic, and semantics of ontological debate, Ontology Without Borders offers new solutions to perennial philosophical puzzles about constitution and the nonexistent. Book jacket.

God and Abstract Objects

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319553844
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book God and Abstract Objects written by William Lane Craig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration and defense of the coherence of classical theism’s doctrine of divine aseity in the face of the challenge posed by Platonism with respect to abstract objects. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, the book engages discussions in philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology. It addresses absolute creationism, non-Platonic realism, fictionalism, neutralism, and alternative logics and semantics, among other topics. The book offers a helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical theist for dealing with the challenge of Platonism. It probes in detail the diverse views on the reality of abstract objects and their compatibility with classical theism. It contains a most thorough discussion, rooted in careful exegesis, of the biblical and patristic basis of the doctrine of divine aseity. Finally, it challenges the influential Quinean metaontological theses concerning the way in which we make ontological commitments.

Tracking Reason

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 019518713X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Tracking Reason written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When ordinary people including mathematicians, take something to follow from something else, they are exposing the backbone of our ability to reason. Azzouni investigates the connection between that ordinary notion of consequence and the formal analogues invented by logicians.

American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia

Author : John Lachs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135948860
Total Pages : 2650 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia written by John Lachs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 2650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly reference work that is accessible to the ordinary reader by explaining complex ideas in simple terms and providing ample cross-references to facilitate further study. The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy contains a thorough analytical index and will serve as a standard, comprehensive reference work for universities and colleges. Topics covered include: Great philosophers: Emerson, Dewey, James, Royce, Peirce, Santayana Subjects: Pragmatism, Progress, the Future, Knowledge, Democracy, Growth, Truth Influences on American Philosophy: Hegel, Aristotle, Plato, British Enlightenment, Reformation Self-Assessments: Joe Margolis, Donald Davidson, Susan Haack, Peter Hare, John McDermott, Stanley Cavell Ethics: Value, Pleasure, Happiness, Duty, Judgment, Growth Political Philosophy: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Freedom, Liberalism, Community, Identity

Talking About Nothing

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199780439
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Talking About Nothing written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary language and scientific language enable us to speak about, in a singular way (using demonstratives and names), what we recognize not to exist: fictions, the contents of our hallucinations, abstract objects, and various idealized but nonexistent objects that our scientific theories are often couched in terms of. Indeed, references to such nonexistent items-especially in the case of the application of mathematics to the sciences-are indispensable. We cannot avoid talking about such things. Scientific and ordinary languages thus enable us to say things about Pegasus or about hallucinated objects that are true (or false), such as "Pegasus was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a flying horse," or "That elf I'm now hallucinating over there is wearing blue shoes." Standard contemporary metaphysical views and semantic analyses of singular idioms on offer in contemporary philosophy of language have not successfully accommodated these routine practices of saying true and false things about the nonexistent while simultaneously honoring the insight that such things do not exist in any way at all (and have no properties). That is, philosophers often feel driven to claim that such objects do exist, or they claim that all our talk isn't genuine truth-apt talk, but only pretence. This book reconfigures metaphysics (and the role of metaphysics in semantics) in radical ways that allow the accommodation of our ordinary ways of speaking of what does not exist while retaining the absolutely crucial presupposition that such objects exist in no way at all, have no properties, and so are not the truth-makers for the truths and falsities that are about them.

Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics

Author : Daniel D. Novotný
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134630093
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics written by Daniel D. Novotný and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume re-examines some of the major themes at the intersection of traditional and contemporary metaphysics. The book uses as a point of departure Francisco Suárez’s Metaphysical Disputations published in 1597. Minimalist metaphysics in empiricist/pragmatist clothing have today become mainstream in analytic philosophy. Independently of this development, the progress of scholarship in ancient and medieval philosophy makes clear that traditional forms of metaphysics have affinities with some of the streams in contemporary analytic metaphysics. The book brings together leading contemporary metaphysicians to investigate the viability of a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics.

God Over All

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090557
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book God Over All written by William Lane Craig and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Over All: Divine Aseity and the Challenge of Platonism is a defense of God's aseity and unique status as the Creator of all things apart from Himself in the face of the challenge posed by mathematical Platonism. After providing the biblical, theological, and philosophical basis for the traditional doctrine of divine aseity, William Lane Craig explains the challenge presented to that doctrine by the Indispensability Argument for Platonism, which postulates the existence of uncreated abstract objects. Craig provides detailed examination of a wide range of responses to that argument, both realist and anti-realist, with a view toward assessing the most promising options for the theist. A synoptic work in analytic philosophy of religion, this groundbreaking volume engages discussions in philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and metaontology.

Do Numbers Exist?

Author : Peter van Inwagen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000938298
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Do Numbers Exist? written by Peter van Inwagen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their exchange explores various arguments about the existence and nature of abstract objects. They focus especially on whether our ordinary and scientific thought and talk commit us to abstract objects, surveying the options available to us and the objections each faces. The debate covers central problems and methods in metaphysics, and also delves into theological questions raised by abstract objects. Key Features: Showcases the presentation and defense of two points of view on the existence of abstract objects, from two of the world’s leading philosophers Presents definitions in an easily accessible form Provides frequent summaries of previously covered material Includes a glossary of all specialized vocabulary

Truth in Fiction

Author : John Woods
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319726587
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Truth in Fiction written by John Woods and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines truth in fiction by applying the techniques of a naturalized logic of human cognitive practices. The author structures his project around two focal questions. What would it take to write a book about truth in literary discourse with reasonable promise of getting it right? What would it take to write a book about truth in fiction as true to the facts of lived literary experience as objectivity allows? It is argued that the most semantically distinctive feature of the sentences of fiction is that they areunambiguously true and false together. It is true that Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street and also concurrently false that he did. A second distinctive feature of fiction is that the reader at large knows of this inconsistency and isn’t in the least cognitively molested by it. Why, it is asked, would this be so? What would explain it? Two answers are developed. According to the no-contradiction thesis, the semantically tangled sentences of fiction are indeed logically inconsistent but not logically contradictory. According to the no-bother thesis, if the inconsistencies of fiction were contradictory, a properly contrived logic for the rational management of inconsistency would explain why readers at large are not thrown off cognitive stride by their embrace of those contradictions. As developed here, the account of fiction suggests the presence of an underlying three - or four-valued dialethic logic. The author shows this to be a mistaken impression. There are only two truth-values in his logic of fiction. The naturalized logic of Truth in Fiction jettisons some of the standard assumptions and analytical tools of contemporary philosophy, chiefly because the neurotypical linguistic and cognitive behaviour of humanity at large is at variance with them. Using the resources of a causal response epistemology in tandem with the naturalized logic, the theory produced here is data-driven, empirically sensitive, and open to a circumspect collaboration with the empirical sciences of language and cognition.

Semantic Perception

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190275545
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Semantic Perception written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jody Azzouni argues that we involuntarily experience certain physical items, certain products of human actions, and certain human actions themselves as having meaning-properties. We understand these items as possessing meaning or as having (or being capable of having) truth values. For example, a sign on a door reading Drinks Inside strikes native English speakers as referring to liquids in the room behind the door. The sign has a truth value--if no drinks are found in the room, the sign is misleading. Someone pointing in a direction has the same effect: we experience her gesture as significant. Azzouni does not suggest that we don't recognize the expectations or intentions of speakers (including ourselves); we do recognize that the person pointing in a certain direction intends for us to understand her gesture's significance. Nevertheless, Azzouni asserts that we experience that gesture as having significance independent of her intentions. The gesture is meaningful on its own. The same is true of language, both spoken and written. We experience the meanings of language artifacts as independent of their makers' intentions in the same way that we experience an object's shape as a property independent of the object's color. There is a distinctive phenomenology to the experience of understanding language, and Semantic Perception shows how this phenomenology can be brought to bear as evidence for and against competing theories of language.

New Waves in Philosophy of Mathematics

Author : O. Bueno
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230245196
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book New Waves in Philosophy of Mathematics written by O. Bueno and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen promising young researchers write on what they take to be the right philosophical account of mathematics and discuss where the philosophy of mathematics ought to be going. New trends are revealed, such as an increasing attention to mathematical practice, a reassessment of the canon, and inspiration from philosophical logic.

Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science

Author : Shamik Dasgupta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317497155
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science written by Shamik Dasgupta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science asks twelve philosophers to debate six questions that are driving contemporary work in this area of philosophy. The questions are: I. Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? II. Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth? III. Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Spacetime is Nonfundamental? IV. Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? V. Is Chance Ontologically Fundamental? VI. Are Sexes Natural Kinds? These debates explore the philosophical foundations of particular scientific disciplines, while also examining more general issues in the philosophy of science. The result is a book that’s perfect for the advanced philosophy student, building up their knowledge of the foundations of the field and engaging with its cutting-edge questions. Preliminary descriptions of each chapter, annotated lists of further readings for each controversy, and study questions for each chapter help provide clearer and richer snapshots of active controversies for all readers.

Ontology Made Easy

Author : Amie Lynn Thomasson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199385114
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Ontology Made Easy written by Amie Lynn Thomasson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to develop the easy approach to ontology, showing how it leads to both a first-order simple realism about the disputed entities and a form of metaontological deflationism that takes ontological disputes themselves to be misguided, since existence questions may be answered by straightforward conceptual and/or empirical work. It also aims to defend the easy approach against a range of objections and to show it to be a viable and attractive alternative to hard ontology.

Talking About Nothing

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019989003X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Talking About Nothing written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinary language and scientific language enable us to speak about, in a singular way (using demonstratives and names), what we recognize not to exist: fictions, the contents of our hallucinations, abstract objects, and various idealized but nonexistent objects that our scientific theories are often couched in terms of. Indeed, references to such nonexistent items-especially in the case of the application of mathematics to the sciences-are indispensable. We cannot avoid talking about such things. Scientific and ordinary languages thus enable us to say things about Pegasus or about hallucinated objects that are true (or false), such as "Pegasus was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a flying horse," or "That elf I'm now hallucinating over there is wearing blue shoes." Standard contemporary metaphysical views and semantic analyses of singular idioms on offer in contemporary philosophy of language have not successfully accommodated these routine practices of saying true and false things about the nonexistent while simultaneously honoring the insight that such things do not exist in any way at all (and have no properties). That is, philosophers often feel driven to claim that such objects do exist, or they claim that all our talk isn't genuine truth-apt talk, but only pretence. This book reconfigures metaphysics (and the role of metaphysics in semantics) in radical ways that allow the accommodation of our ordinary ways of speaking of what does not exist while retaining the absolutely crucial presupposition that such objects exist in no way at all, have no properties, and so are not the truth-makers for the truths and falsities that are about them.