Formal approach to the metaphysics of perspectives : points of view as access / Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana.
2018
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Title
Formal approach to the metaphysics of perspectives : points of view as access / Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana.
ISBN
9783319736556 (electronic book)
3319736558 (electronic book)
9783319736549
3319736558 (electronic book)
9783319736549
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
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BD348
Dewey Decimal Classification
110
Summary
This book offers a metaphysical development of the notion of perspective. By explaining the functional nature of point of view, and by providing a concrete definition of point of view as a window through which to see the world, it offers a scientific realist theory that explains that points of view are real structures that ground properties and objects as well as perspectives. The notion of point of view has been of key importance in the history of philosophy, and different philosophical schools have used this notion to conduct analyses from the external reality to the inner phenomenal status, or even to construct an entire philosophical system. However, there has been a lack of systematic analysis of what a point of view is and what its structure is; this book fills the gap in the literature and makes the transition between semantics and epistemology, and the philosophy of science.
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Synthese library ; v. 392.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Two Interpretations of Points of View
Chapter 2. A Historical Survey of Points of View
Chapter 3. The Feasibility of Determinables
Chapter 4. The structure of Points of View
Chapter 5. Grounding Qualitative Dimensions
chapter 6. An Approach to the Speaker's point of View
Chapter 7. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. A Historical Survey of Points of View
Chapter 3. The Feasibility of Determinables
Chapter 4. The structure of Points of View
Chapter 5. Grounding Qualitative Dimensions
chapter 6. An Approach to the Speaker's point of View
Chapter 7. Conclusion.