Ori Simchen

Philosophical Representation (eBook, PDF)

Studies in Attitudinal Instrumentalism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on how we should treat philosophy's theoretical representations. It argues in favor of an instrumentalist attitude towards pivotal cases of theoretical representation in philosophy that are commonly regarded under a realist attitude.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000837452
• Artikelnr.: 67558038

Autorenporträt

Ori Simchen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness (2017), and Necessary Intentionality: A Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Philosophical Explanation
2. Justified Attitudinal Realism
3. Attitudinal Instrumentalism in Semantics
4. Semantics and Ordinary Language
5. Propositions and What is Said
6. The Content Program
7. Rules and Representation
Postscript