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.
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.
I. SEMANTICS FOR INTENTIONALITY; II. IN DEFENCE OF NON-BEING; III. IMPOSSIBLE WORLDS AND (OTHER) NON-EXISTENT OBJECTS; IV: ET CETERA
there is a good deal inTNB2to interest readers ofTNB1.Of the latter, I once wrote that 'while I disagree with a very great deal of it, this is a stimulating, thought-provoking, and challenging book. This is a turbulent Priest whom we should be glad to have among us'. Ten years later, I see no reason to change a word of that.
DEGUCHI, Deguchi, Koji Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, Univesrity of Auckland) Tanaka, Koji (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Kyoto University) Deguchi, Yasuo (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Smith College) Garfield, Jay (Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne) Priest, Graham (Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy, Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy
Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest, Robert H. Sharf, Kyoto University) Deguchi, Yasuo (Professor of Philosophy and Director of Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics in the Graduate School of Letters, Vice Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics in the Graduate School of Letters, Vice Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President, Smith College) Garfield, Jay L. (Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, City University of New York) Priest, Graham (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Center, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Center, Berkeley) Sharf, Robert H. (D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Jay L Garfield, Robert H Sharf
PRIEST BLISS, Priest Bliss, Ricki Bliss, Graham Priest, USA) Bliss, Ricki (Lehigh University, Graham (City University of New York Graduate Center) Priest
Graham Priest, JC Beall, Bradley Armour-Garb, Universities of Melbourne and St Andrews) Priest, Graham (Departments of Philosophy, University of Connecticut) Beall, JC (Department of Philosophy, SUNY) Armour-Garb, Bradley (Department of Philosophy, University at Albany
Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest, Robert H. Sharf, Kyoto University) Deguchi, Yasuo (Professor of Philosophy and Director of Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics in the Graduate School of Letters, Vice Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics in the Graduate School of Letters, Vice Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President, Smith College) Garfield, Jay L. (Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, City University of New York) Priest, Graham (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Center, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Center, Berkeley) Sharf, Robert H. (D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Jay L Garfield, Robert H Sharf
DEGUCHI, Deguchi, Koji Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, Univesrity of Auckland) Tanaka, Koji (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Kyoto University) Deguchi, Yasuo (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Smith College) Garfield, Jay (Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne) Priest, Graham (Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy, Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy
Graham Priest, JC Beall, Bradley Armour-Garb, Universities of Melbourne and St Andrews) Priest, Graham (Departments of Philosophy, University of Connecticut) Beall, JC (Department of Philosophy, SUNY) Armour-Garb, Bradley (Department of Philosophy, University at Albany
PRIEST BLISS, Priest Bliss, Ricki Bliss, Graham Priest, USA) Bliss, Ricki (Lehigh University, Graham (City University of New York Graduate Center) Priest