Dividing reality
Auteur :
Hirsch, Eli
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195111422
Date de publication :
2 oct. 1997
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,4 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
406 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The author of this text identifies and explores a "new" philosophical problem referred to as "the division problem". Why does our language divide up reality in one way rather than another, and what is the rational basis for our language to contain certain kinds of general words rather than others?