Contemporary Philosophical Monographs
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Anti-Individualism and Knowledge
Anti-Individualism and Knowledge
ISBN: 9780262524216
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2004
Contemporary philosophy of mind is dominated by anti-individualism, which holds that a subject's thoughts are determined not only by what is inside her head but also by aspects of her environment. Despite...
Conditionals in Context
ISBN: 9780262572316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 23, 2005
"If you turn left at the next corner, you will see a blue house at the end of the street." That sentence—a conditional—might be true even though it is possible that you will not see a blue house...
Words without Meaning
ISBN: 9780262571623
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2002
According to the received view of linguistic communication, the primary function of language is to enable speakers to reveal the propositional contents of their thoughts to hearers. Speakers are able...
Complex Demonstratives
A Quantificational Account
ISBN: 9780262611695
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 15, 2001
Since the late 1970s, the orthodox view of complex 'that' phrases (e.g., 'that woman eating a granola bar') has been that they are contextually sensitive devices of direct reference. In Complex Demonstratives,...
A Slim Book about Narrow Content
A Slim Book about Narrow Content
ISBN: 9780262692304
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 2, 2000
A good understanding of the nature of a property requires knowing whether that property is relational or intrinsic. Gabriel Segal's concern is whether certain psychological properties—specifically,...
Anti-Individualism and Knowledge
Anti-Individualism and Knowledge
ISBN: 9780262524216
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2004
Contemporary philosophy of mind is dominated by anti-individualism, which holds that a subject's thoughts are determined not only by what is inside her head but also by aspects of her environment. Despite...
Conditionals in Context
ISBN: 9780262572316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 23, 2005
"If you turn left at the next corner, you will see a blue house at the end of the street." That sentence—a conditional—might be true even though it is possible that you will not see a blue house...
Words without Meaning
ISBN: 9780262571623
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2002
According to the received view of linguistic communication, the primary function of language is to enable speakers to reveal the propositional contents of their thoughts to hearers. Speakers are able...
Complex Demonstratives
A Quantificational Account
ISBN: 9780262611695
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 15, 2001
Since the late 1970s, the orthodox view of complex 'that' phrases (e.g., 'that woman eating a granola bar') has been that they are contextually sensitive devices of direct reference. In Complex Demonstratives,...
A Slim Book about Narrow Content
A Slim Book about Narrow Content
ISBN: 9780262692304
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 2, 2000
A good understanding of the nature of a property requires knowing whether that property is relational or intrinsic. Gabriel Segal's concern is whether certain psychological properties—specifically,...