The Modal Future: A Theory of Future-Directed Thought and Talk - Couverture rigide

Cariani, Fabrizio

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108474772 ISBN 13 : 9781108474771

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

It is commonly assumed that we conceive of the past and the future as symmetrical. In this book, Fabrizio Cariani develops a new theory of future-directed discourse and thought that shows that our linguistic and philosophical conceptions of the past and future are, in fact, fundamentally different. Future thought and talk, Cariani suggests, are best understood in terms of a systematic analogy with counterfactual thought and talk, and are not just mirror images of the past. Cariani makes this case by developing detailed formal semantic theories as well as by advancing less technical views about the nature of future-directed judgment and prediction. His book addresses in a thought-provoking way several important debates in contemporary philosophy, and his synthesis of parallel threads of research will benefit scholars in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, linguistics and cognitive science.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fabrizio Cariani is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has published extensively on the philosophy of language, epistemology and logic, and is editor of the journal Philosopher's Imprint.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108474772
• ISBN 13: 9781108474771
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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