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The Nonexistent
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Author : Anthony Everett
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-08-29
The Nonexistent written by Anthony Everett and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-29 with Philosophy categories.
Anthony Everett gives a philosophical defence of the common-sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. He argues that our talk and thought about such fictional objects takes place within the scope of a pretense, and that we gain little but lose much by accepting fictional realism.
The Nonexistent Knight
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012-10-26
The Nonexistent Knight written by Italo Calvino and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-26 with Fiction categories.
An empty suit of armor is the hero of this witty novella set in the Early Middle Ages by the acclaimed author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. As a paladin in the court of Charlemagne, Agilulf is the very embodiment of valor and dedication to duty—but he is also a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. While he has stolen the heart of the female knight Bradamante, she in turn is loved by the young adventurer Rambaldo. When a challenge to Agilulf’s honor sends him on an expedition through France, England, and North Africa, Brandamante and Ramaldo follow close behind. Narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, this beloved novella explores the absurdities of medieval knighthood in a series of plot twists that are “executed with brilliance and brio” (Chicago Tribune).
Light The Wings Remove The Nonexistent S
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Author : Mark Williams
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2006-11
Light The Wings Remove The Nonexistent S written by Mark Williams and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11 with Poetry categories.
When Tess Kelly's grandfather passed away, his will stipulated the bizarre request that she was to live for one year away from her jet set lifestyle to write her first novel. Even though it was an eccentric request, it was not unlike her grandfather. Agreeing to go, her life becomes a twisting tale of courage, romance, loss and deceit as she learns to adapt to a rustic life in the wilderness.
The Nonexistent Knight The Cloven Viscount
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Nonexistent Knight The Cloven Viscount written by Italo Calvino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Authors, American categories.
"Two novellas: the first, a parody of medieval knighthood told by a nun; the second, a fantasy about a nobleman bisected into his good and evil halves. Bravura pieces... executed with brilliance and brio."--Goodreads
The Nonexistent
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Author : Anthony J. Everett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Nonexistent written by Anthony J. Everett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fictions, Theory of categories.
Anthony Everett gives a philosophical defence of the common-sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. He argues that our talk and thought about such fictional objects takes place within the scope of a pretense, and that we gain little but lose much by accepting fictional realism.
The Collected Dialogues Of Plato
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1961-10-01
The Collected Dialogues Of Plato written by Plato and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961-10-01 with Philosophy categories.
All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy and writings, by Huntington Cairns; and a comprehensive index which seeks, by means of cross references, to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.
The Complete Cosmicomics
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2014
The Complete Cosmicomics written by Italo Calvino and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fiction categories.
Together for the first time, a new translation of the revered, contemporary Italian author's short stories describing the beginning of the universe and other natural phenomena builds creative tales around well-known scientific facts.
The Book Of Nonexistent Words
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Author : Stefano Massini
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2021-10-05
The Book Of Nonexistent Words written by Stefano Massini and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-05 with Literary Collections categories.
The internationally acclaimed author harnesses his brilliant imagination and masterful storytelling ability to create a catalog of new words inspired by stories of real people in this wondrous book reminiscent of Italo Calvino's mesmerizing Invisible Cities. How many times have words not been enough? How many complex feelings don’t have a corresponding noun that properly describes them? How many times has language left us like an archer without arrows in the labyrinth of our emotions? Award-winning author Stefano Massini, a master of expression,, made a discovery that shot new life into his writing practice. To his surprise he found that the ancient rules of language were not quite as restrictive as he had long envisioned them to be. With so many emotions and states of mind missing modern descriptors and definitions, Massini stumbled across a simple but artistry-altering idea. Instead of compromising honest expression through perfunctory verbiage, he decided language was, if anything, a flowing palette of colors he could use to paint all things. Words are meant to be invented. To reconfirm his belief in the magic of words, Massini returned to the wondrous mechanism that has fed dictionaries from time immemorial. If he could not find the precise word he wanted, he created one. In this delightful compendium, he introduces his personal vocabulary; every chapter mentions a new word that comes from a story about a real person, from Louis XIV to an American gangster. The Book of Nonexistent Words is a beautifully illustrated collection of linguistic origin stories wrought from the mind of an internationally renowned storytelling icon. Massini effectively liberates our human capacity for using language creatively and shows how we can embrace storytelling to fine tune our way of being in the world. Massini encourages us to be imaginative; if the language in the dictionary cannot adequately match the reality of the here and now, we must create new words that ring true. Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon
Philosophical Analysis
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Author : D.S. Austin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Philosophical Analysis written by D.S. Austin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Philosophy categories.
Analytic philosophy is alive and in good health, as this collection of twenty, previously unpublished essays most ably demonstrates. The reader will find here assembled some of the finest writings of modern analytic philosophers at the top of their form. Matthews discusses Plato's attempt to deal with the problem of false belief about identities. Parson evaluates Russell's early theory of denoting phrases. Chisholm exhibits the utility of thirteen epistemic categories. Plantinga criticizes Chisholm's account of justification. Conee argues that solving the Gettier Problem is important, and Ginet proposes a solution to it. Lehrer criticizes an argument based on the simplicity of our belief in material objects and other minds. R. Feldman defends an account of having evidence. F. Feldman defends a propositional account of pleasure. Van Fraassen criticizes Garber's solution to the problem of old evidence. Castañeda investigates the nature of negation. McKay argues that de se analyses of belief do not account for belief de re. Richard argues that no Fregean semantics for belief attribution will succeed. Ryckman suggests that the Millian theory of names has little to do with the theory of belief is no threat to God's omniscience. Dunn investigates constraints imposed on non-classical modal logics by extensionality. Fitch argues that singular propositions perform important functions in modal logic. Jubien evaluates arguments for and against possible worlds. Ratzsch argues that there must be a deeper source of nomicality than ordinary subjunctives, and Stalnaker argues that there is room for determinancy of identity and indeterminacy in reference.
Gawain And The Nonexistent Knight
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Author : Joshua Bernatchez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Gawain And The Nonexistent Knight written by Joshua Bernatchez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
This thesis examines Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Italo Calvino's The Nonexistent Knight as texts in which the protagonists are engaged on unique quests that force them to choose either physical dissolution or the dissolution of their sense of personal significance. The impossible decision suggests that human life and the significant "self' as a constructed idea are inextricably linked and of comparable value but may have contradictory survival conditions. Contextualized with reference to Charles Taylor, "selfhood" is necessarily linked to moral "horizons" against which such concepts become meaningful. The protagonists of the literary texts in question justifiably manifest a desire for their systems of self-interpretation to be stable and transcendent. However, such identity-conferring systems are problematic because they are subject to inherent indeterminacy and fluctuation. Consequently, the characters in both texts are forced to recognize the inaccessibility of perfectly stable meaning and the need for paradigms to be adaptable. Calvino's text dramatizes the importance of the paradigm personified by the nonexistent knight Agilulf. The model he represents, despite his inevitable dissolution, provides intelligible form to an otherwise empirically real but meaningless existence feared by the other characters and embodied by his squire Gurduloo. Similarly, Gawain is ultimately faced with the need to interpret the significance of his life in relative terms due to his inevitable inability to make his infallible chivalric reputation and his finite human character coincide. The texts, together, situate any surviving rational agency within the interpretative capacity for dealing with inherent paradox.