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Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy
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Ideal for readers interested in deep philosophical inquiry, particularly those studying or engaged with metaphysics and philosophy of language.
This book is an investigation into metaphysics: its aims, scope, methodology and practice. Dyke argues that metaphysics should (and on the whole does) take itself to be concerned with investigating the fundamental nature of reality, and suggests that the ontological significance of language has been grossly exaggerated in the pursuit of that aim.
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Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy is an investigation into metaphysics: its aims, scope, methodology and practice. Dyke argues that metaphysics should take itself to be concerned with investigating the fundamental nature of reality, and suggests that the ontological significance of language has been grossly exaggerated in the pursuit of that aim.
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
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Matti Eklund, Cornell University finds the book "very rich," noting that while it primarily reflects on metaphysical methodology, it also addresses many specific metaphysical issues.
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ISBN: 9780415541701
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 August 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 1 Tables, black and white
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 272g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Heather Dyke is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Otago in New Zealand. She is the editor of Time and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003) and author of several journal articles on metaphysics and the philosophy of time.
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