The Objects of Thought

2013-09 Philosophy

Author : Tim Crane
Release : 2013-09
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book The Objects of Thought written by Tim Crane. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ('intentionality') we need to understand the representation of the non-existent.

The Objects of Thought

2013-10-10 Philosophy

Author : Tim Crane
Release : 2013-10-10
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book The Objects of Thought written by Tim Crane. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Objects of Thought addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. Tim Crane argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that we will not adequately understand thought's representational power ('intentionality') unless we have understood the representation of the non-existent. Intentionality is conceived by Crane in terms of the direction of the mind upon an object of thought, or an intentional object. Intentional objects are what we think about. Some intentional objects exist and some do not. Non-existence poses a problem because there seem to be truths about non-existent intentional objects, but truths are answerable to reality, and reality contains only what exists. The proposed solution is to accept that there are some genuine truths about non-existent intentional objects, but to hold that they must be reductively explained in terms of truths about what does exist. The Objects of Thought offers both an original account of the nature of intentionality and a solution to the problem of thought about the non-existent.

Objects of Thought

1971 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Arthur N. Prior
Release : 1971
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Objects of Thought written by Arthur N. Prior. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into two parts, the first concentrates on the logical properties of propositions, their relation to facts and sentences, and the parallel objects of commands and questions. The second part examines theories of intentionality and discusses the relationship between different theories of naming and different accounts of belief.

Thinking with Objects

2006-11-17 History

Author : Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Release : 2006-11-17
Genre : History
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Download or read book Thinking with Objects written by Domenico Bertoloni Meli. This book was released on 2006-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bertoloni Meli reexamines such major texts as Galileo's Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Descartes' Principles of Philosophy, and Newton's Principia, and in them finds a reliance on objects that has escaped proper understanding. From Pappus of Alexandria to Guidobaldo dal Monte, Bertoloni Meli sees significant developments in the history of mechanical experimentation, all of them crucial for understanding Galileo. Bertoloni Meli uses similarities and tensions between dal Monte and Galileo as a springboard for exploring the revolutionary nature of seventeenth-century mechanics.' (Back cover)

The Democracy of Objects

2023-11-28 Philosophy

Author : Levi R. Bryant
Release : 2023-11-28
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book The Democracy of Objects written by Levi R. Bryant. This book was released on 2023-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Kant, philosophy has been obsessed with epistemological questions pertaining to the relationship between mind and world and human access to objects. In The Democracy of Objects, Bryant proposes that we break with this tradition and once again initiate the project of ontology as first philosophy. Drawing on the object-oriented ontology of Graham Harman, as well as the thought of Roy Bhaskar, Gilles Deleuze, Niklas Luhman, Aristotle, Jacques Lacan, Bruno Latour and the developmental systems theorists, Bryant develops a realist ontology that he calls "onticology". This ontology argues that being is composed entirely of objects, properties, and relations such that subjects themselves are a variant of objects. Drawing on the work of the systems theorists and cyberneticians, Bryant argues that objects are dynamic systems that relate to the world under conditions of operational closure. In this way, he is able to integrate the most vital discoveries of the anti-realists within a realist ontology that does justice to both the material and cultural. Onticology proposes a flat ontology where objects of all sorts and at different scales equally exist without being reducible to other objects and where there are no transcendent entities such as eternal essences outside of dynamic interactions among objects. Contents: Towards a Finally Subjectless Object Grounds For a Realist Ontology The Paradox of Substance Virtual Proper Being The Interior of Objects Regimes of Attraction, Parts, and Structure The Four Theses of Flat Ontology

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