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The Objects of Thought (Hardcover)
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The Objects of Thought (Hardcover)
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The Objects of Thought addresses the ancient question of how it is
possible to think about what does not exist. Tim Crane argues that
the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of
our thought about the world, and that we will not adequately
understand thought's representational power ("intentionality")
unless we have understood the representation of the non-existent.
Intentionality is conceived by Crane in terms of the direction of
the mind upon an object of thought, or an intentional object.
Intentional objects are what we think about. Some intentional
objects exist and some do not. Non-existence poses a problem
because there seem to be truths about non-existent intentional
objects, but truths are answerable to reality, and reality contains
only what exists. The proposed solution is to accept that there are
some genuine truths about non-existent intentional objects, but to
hold that they must be reductively explained in terms of truths
about what does exist. The Objects of Thought offers both an
original account of the nature of intentionality and a solution to
the problem of thought about the non-existent.
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