Objects and Other Subjects - Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)

According to Platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract objects. But abstract objects lack causal powers and a location in space and time, so how we could ever come to know of them? Cheyne presents a systematic and detailed account of this epistemological objection to the Platonist doctrine that abstract objects exist and can be known. Since mathematics has such a central role in the acquisition of scientific knowledge, he concentrates on mathematical Platonism. He also concentrates on our knowledge of what exists, and argues for a causal constraint on such existential knowledge. Finally, he exposes the weaknesses of recent attempts by Platonists to account for our supposed Platonic knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 52
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	October 2001
Editors:	William D. Davies • Stanley Dubinsky
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	307
Edition:	2001 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-0064-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	1-4020-0064-2
Barcode:	9781402000645

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