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The Impossible - An Essay on Hyperintensionality (Hardcover)
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The Impossible - An Essay on Hyperintensionality (Hardcover)
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Mark Jago presents an original philosophical account of meaningful
thought: in particular, how it is meaningful to think about things
that are impossible. We think about impossible things all the time.
We can think about alchemists trying to turn base metal to gold,
and about unfortunate mathematicians trying to square the circle.
We may ponder whether god exists; and philosophers frequently
debate whether properties, numbers, sets, moral and aesthetic
qualities, and qualia exist. In many philosophical or mathematical
debates, when one side of the argument gets things wrong, it
necessarily gets them wrong. As we consider both sides of one of
these philosophical arguments, we will at some point think about
something that's impossible. Yet most philosophical accounts of
meaning and content hold that we can't meaningfully think or reason
about the impossible. In The Impossible, Jago argues that we often
gain new information, new beliefs and, sometimes, fresh knowledge
through logic, mathematics and philosophy. That is why logic,
mathematics, and philosophy are useful. We therefore require
accounts of knowledge and belief, of information and content, and
of meaning which allow space for the impossible. Jago's aim in this
book is to provide such accounts. He gives a detailed analysis of
the concept of hyperintensionality, whereby logically equivalent
contents may be distinct, and develops a theory in terms of
possible and impossible worlds. Along the way, he provides a theory
of what those worlds are and how they feature in our analysis of
normative epistemic concepts: knowledge, belief, information, and
content.
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