Property Versatility and Copredication

Informationen zum Autor David Liebesman is Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Calgary. Ofra Magidor is Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Klappentext The book demonstrates how Property Versatility is a powerful tool in addressing a wide range of issues beyond copredication, including the semantics of generics, the metaphysics of establishments and repeatable artworks, fictional discourse, and the nature of ambiguity, as well as a host of others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Dual Nature Approaches to Copredication 1: Introduction to Dual Nature Approaches 2: Asher's Theory of Copredication 3: Gotham's Theory of Copredication 4: Additional Dual Nature Approaches and Concluding Remarks II. Additional Approaches to Copredication 5: Reinterpretation Approaches 6: Scepticism about Externalist Semantics 7: Polysemy, Copredication, and Polysemy-centric Approaches III. The Property Versatility Approach to Copredication 8: The Property Versatility Approach 9: The Property Versatility Approach: Detailed Case Studies IV. The Property Versatility View of Generics 10: The Property Versatility View of Generics Motivated 11: The Property Versatility View of Generics Defended V. Property Versatility and Social Ontology 12: The Metaphysics of Establishments 13: The Metaphysics of Repeatable Artworks 14: Property Versatility and Fictional Discourse VI. Further Applications of Property Versatility 15: Further Applications of Property Versatility

Product details

• Authors: David Liebesman, David (Professor of Philosophy and Ling Liebesman, Ofra Magidor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2025
• EAN: 9780192894236
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289423-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology