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The objects of thought /
Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the repre...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford:
Oxford Uniuversity Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YlxoAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn+9780198748045&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja0sXN5t7YAhWGm5QKHew_AWgQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false |
| Summary: | Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to understand the representation of the non-existent. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 182 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198748045 |