Empty Representations

Empty Representations
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780199647057
ISBN-13 : 0199647054
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Book Synopsis Empty Representations by : Manuel García-Carpintero

Download or read book Empty Representations written by Manuel García-Carpintero and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of linguistic and mental representations may seem to be individuated by what they are about. But a problem arises with regard to representation of the non-existent -- words and thoughts that are about things that don't exist. Fourteen new essays get to grips with this much-debated problem.


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