Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 420 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 657 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 420 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 657 g
Reihe: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
ISBN: 978-90-481-4856-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Peterson's ontology features just facts, proposition, and events, carefully distinguished from each other. Among his more specific achievements are: a nice treatment of the linguist's distinction between `factive' and nonfactive constructions; a detailed theory of the subjects and objects of causation, which impinges nicely on action theory; an interesting argument that fact, proposition, events are innate ideas in humans; a theory of complex events (with implications for law and philosophy of law); and an overall picture of syntax and semantics of causal sentences and action sentences. Though Peterson does not pursue them here, there are clear and significant implications for the philosophy of science, in particular for our understanding of scientific causation, causal explanation and law likeness.'
Professor William Lycan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Research
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- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
- Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
Weitere Infos & Material
I. On Facts and Propositions.- 1: How to Infer Belief from Knowledge.- 2: Propositions and the Philosophy of Language.- II. On Events.- 3: On Representing Event Reference.- 4: Event.- 5: What Causes Effects?.- 6: Anaphoric Reference to Facts, Propositions, and Events.- III. On Complex Events.- 7: The Natural Logic of Complex Event Expressions.- 8: Complex Events.- IV. On Actions and “Cause”s.- 9: The Grimm Events of Causation.- 10: Four Grammatical Hypotheses on Actions, Causes, and “Causes”.- 11: Causation Agency, and Natural Actions.- V. On Causation Statements and Laws.- 12: Facts, Events and Semantic Emphasis in Causal Statements.- 13: Which Universals are Natural Laws?.- Notes.