Denying existence : the logic, epistemology, and pragmatics of negative existentials and fictional discourse / Arindam Chakrabarti
- Author
- Chakrabarti, Arindam
- Published
- Dordrecht ; Boston ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1997]
Bodmin, Cornwall : MPG Books Ltd. - Physical Description
- xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011
- Series
- Contents
- The scaffolding for a solution -- The logical form of existence-assertions -- Singular death-sentences -- An enquiry into the meaning and truth of fictional discourse -- Deeper troubles with fiction: reference, emotion and indeterminacy -- Appearing unreals -- The marvel of the master-game -- Concluding unsemantic postscript -- Appendix: the problem of the nonexistent in indian philosophy of logic and language.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0792343883 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780792343882 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0792347536
9780792347538
0792347544 (set)
9780792347545 (set) - Collection
- Critical Philosophy of Race.
- Provenance
- Rare Books copy: From the library of Michael Dummett.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2014.
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Ruddi Thoemmes Rare Books; 2014. - Related Materials
- Ann Dummett papers, 1966-2012, bulk 1976-2012 (09466) housed at Pennsylvania State University Libraries' Eberly Family Special Collections Library. https://arks.libraries.psu.edu/ark:/42409/fa8ps6z
Michael Dummett papers, 1956-2012, bulk 1982-2006 (09526) housed at Pennsylvania State University Libraries' Eberly Family Special Collections Library. https://arks.libraries.psu.edu/ark:/42409/fa8gd1n
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