Description |
viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
I: The background -- Introduction / Steven M. Cahn -- Fatalism / Richard Taylor -- Professor Taylor on fatalism / John Turk Saunders -- Fatalism and ability / Richard Taylor -- Fatalism and ability II / Peter Makepeace -- Fatalism and linguistic reform / John Turk Saunders -- Fatalism and Professor Taylor / Bruce Aune -- Taylor's fatal fallacy / Raziel Abelson -- A note on fatalism / Richard Taylor -- Tautology and fatalism / Richard Sharvy -- Fatalistic arguments / Steven Cahn -- Comment / Richard Taylor -- Fatalism and ordinary language / John Turk Saunders -- Fallacies in Taylor's "fatalism" / Charles D. Brown -- 2: The essay -- Renewing the fatalist conversation / Maureen Eckert -- Richard Taylor's "fatalism" and the semantics of physical modality / David Foster Wallace -- 3: Epilogue -- David Foster Wallace as student: a memoir / Jay Garfield. |
Subject |
Taylor, Richard, 1919-2003. Fatalism.
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Fate and fatalism.
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Fate and fatalism. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
Added Author |
Cahn, Steven M.
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Eckert, Maureen, 1966-
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Wallace, David Foster.
Richard Taylor's "Fatalism" and the semantics of physical modality.
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ISBN |
9780231151573 paperback alkaline paper |
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023115156X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231151566 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231151578 paperback alkaline paper |
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0231527071 e-book |
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9780231527071 e-book |
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