
An Essay in Universal Semantics
Achille C. Varzi(Author)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 30. June 1999
Book
Hardback
XII, 146 pages
978-0-7923-5629-5 (ISBN)
Description
Like the journal TOPOl, the TOPOl Library is based on the assumption that philosophy is a lively, provocative, delightful activity, which constantly challenges our inherited habits, painstakingly elaborates on how things could be different, in other stories, in counterfactual situations, in alternative possible worlds. Whatever its ideology, whether with the intent of uncovering a truer structure of reality or of shooting our anxiety, of exposing myths or of following them through, the outcome of philosophical activity is always the destabilizing, unsettling generation of doubts, of objections, of criticisms. It follows that this activity is intrinsically a dialogue, that philosophy is first and foremost philosophical discussion, that it requires bringing out conflicting points of view, paying careful, sympathetic attention to their structure, and using this dialectic to articulate one's approach, to make it richer, more thoughtful, more open to variation and play. And it follows that the spirit which one brings to this activity must be one of tolerance, of always suspecting one's own blindness and consequently looking with unbiased eye in every comer, without fearing to pass a (fallible) judgment on what is there but also without failing to show interest and respect.
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Edition
1999 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 146 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-5629-5 (9780792356295)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-015-9243-7
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An Essay in Universal Semantics
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Content
1. Foundations.- 2. Developments.- Concluding Remarks.- References.