Being, Identity, and Truth

C. J. F. Williams (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

1992
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823971-0 (ISBN)

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Philosophers have treated being and truth as properties, and identity as a relation. The author shows that this is due to an inadequate appreciation of the ways in which the words "be", "true" and "same" work. He demystifies metaphysical issues such as the meaning of "I" and the nature of reality.

Philosophers have met with many problems in discussing the interconnected concepts being, identity, and truth, and have advanced many theories to deal with them. Professor Williams argues that most of these problems and theories result from an inadequate appreciation of the ways in which the words `be', `same', and `true' work. By means of linguistic analysis he shows that being and truth are not properties, and identity is not a relation. He is thus able to demystify a number of metaphysical issues concerning the meaning of the word `I', the relation between the mental and the physical, objects of thought, times and places, and the nature of reality. Williams presents his views clearly, with a minimum of technicality, and with rich and apt examples, so that they will be accessible to readers not versed in symbolic logic.

Like breathing, only quieter; death and other difficulties; selfsame; myself; "somewhether" and "thether"; kooky objects; pains and brains; where and when; being, ontology and reality.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.6.1992
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 223 mm
Gewicht	438 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	0-19-823971-8 / 0198239718
ISBN-13	978-0-19-823971-0 / 9780198239710
Zustand	Neuware