Between Logic and the World
Download or Read eBook Between Logic and the World PDF written by Bernhard Nickel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Bernhard Nickel |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199640003 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199640009 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Between Logic and the World by : Bernhard Nickel
Book excerpt: In our everyday thought and talk, we put things into categories in order to generalize about them: 'Lions have manes', 'Ravens are black'. Bernhard Nickel presents a theory of generic sentences and the modes of thought they express, integrating compositional semantics with metaphysics to solve the problems of what they mean and how they work.