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Towards Non-Being presents an account of the semantics of intentional language--verbs such as 'believes', 'fears', 'seeks', 'imagines'. Graham Priest tackles problems concerning intentional states which are often brushed under the carpet in discussions of intentionality, such as their failure to be closed under deducibility. Priest's account draws on the work of the late Richard Routley (Sylvan), and proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. Since Russell, non-existent objects have had a bad press in Western philosophy; Priest mounts a full-scale defence. In the process, he offers an account of both fictional and mathematical objects as non-existent. The book will be of central interest to anyone who is concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, the metaphysics of existence and identity, the philosophy or fiction, the philosophy of mathematics, or cognitive representation in AI.

This updated second edition adds ten new chapters to the original eight. These further develop the ideas of the first edition, reply to critics, and explore new areas of relevance. New topics covered include: conceivability, realism/antirealism concerning non-existent objects, self-deception, and the verb to be.

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Title Towards Non-Being
Author Graham Priest
Binding Hardback
Edition 2nd Revised edit
Pages 406
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Oxford University Press (UK), 2016. 2nd edition. 416p. Hardback.
Publication date 2016-09-28
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9780198783596 / 0198783590
Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
Dimensions 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.84 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
Category Philosophy
Library of Congress subjects Intentionality (Philosophy), Ontologie
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016933506
Dewey Decimal Code 128

About the author

Graham Priest, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Graham Priest is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has held professorial positions at a number of universities in Australia, the UK, and the USA. He is well known for his work on non-classical logic, and its application to metaphysics and the history of philosophy.

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