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Metaphor(Paperback)
Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure
Clarendon Press
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25/01/1990
The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive philosophical theory which explains the cognitive contribution of metaphor. The argument is illustrated with analysis of metaphors from literat...
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Experiences(Hardback)
An Inquiry into Some Ambiguities
Clarendon Press
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10/05/1973
Someone who has more sympathy with traditional empiricism than with much of present-day philosophy may ask himself: 'How do my experiences give rise to my beliefs about an external world, and to wha...
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Simplicity(Hardback)
Clarendon Press
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04/12/1975
Attempts to show that the simplicity of a hypothesis can be measured by attending to how well it answers certain kinds of questions.
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The Emergence of Norms(Hardback)
Oxford University Press
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16/02/1977
This book provides an account of the emergence of norms. Put very crudely, the main thesis of this book is that certain types of norms are possible solutions to problems posed by certain types of so...
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The Probable and the Provable(Hardback)
Oxford University Press
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08/12/1977
The book was planned and written as a single, sustained argument. But earlier versions of a few parts of it have appeared separately. The object of this book is both to establish the existence of th...
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Divine Commands and Moral Requirements(Hardback)
Clarendon Press
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05/10/1978
In this wide-ranging study, Quinn argues that human moral autonomy is compatible with unqualified obedience to divine commands. He formulates several versions of the crucial assumptions of divine co...
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The Nature of Necessity(Paperback)
Clarendon Press
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01/02/1978
The aim of this study is to explore and defend the notion of modality "de re", the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. The argument is developed by means of the notion o...
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Ignorance(Paperback)
A Case for Scepticism
Oxford University Press Inc
Published:
04/01/1978
In this controversial volume (originally published in 1975) Peter Unger suggests that, not only can nothing ever be known, but no one can ever have a reason at all for anything. A consequence of thi...
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Works and Worlds of Art(Hardback)
Clarendon Press
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11/12/1980
In this book the author treats art as an action performed by the artist as agent, rather than examining it from the point of view of its audience as contemplators.
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