Words Without Objects : Semantics, Ontology, And Logic for Non-singularity

Laycock, Henry

ISBN 10: 0199281718 ISBN 13: 9780199281718

Published by Oxford University Press, N Y, 2006

Language: English

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Title: Words Without Objects : Semantics, Ontology, And Logic for Non-singularity
Publisher: Oxford University Press, N Y
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0199281718
ISBN 13: 9780199281718
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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A picture of the world as chiefly one of discrete objects, distributed in space and time, has sometimes seemed compelling. It is however one of the main targets of Henry Laycock's book; for it is seriously incomplete. The picture, he argues, leaves no space for "stuff" like air and water. With discrete objects, we may always ask "how many?," but with stuff the question has to be "how much?" Laycock's fascinating exploration also addresses key logical and linguistic questions about the way we categorize the many and the much.