{"product_id":"aboutness-paperback","title":"Aboutness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Yablo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAboutness has been studied from any number of angles. Brentano made it the defining feature of the mental. Phenomenologists try to pin down the aboutness-features of particular mental states. Materialists sometimes claim to have grounded aboutness in natural regularities. Attempts have even been made, in library science and information theory, to operationalize the notion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But it has played no real role in philosophical semantics. This is surprising; sentences have aboutness-properties if anything does. \u003ci\u003eAboutness\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine through a philosophical lens the role of subject matter in meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A long-standing tradition sees meaning as truth-conditions, to be specified by listing the scenarios in which a sentence is true. Nothing is said about the principle of selection--about what in a scenario gets it onto the list. Subject matter is the missing link here. A sentence is true because of how matters stand where its subject matter is concerned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stephen Yablo maintains that this is not just a feature of subject matter, but its essence. One indicates what a sentence is about by mapping out logical space according to its changing ways of being true or false. The notion of content that results--directed content--is brought to bear on a range of philosophical topics, including ontology, verisimilitude, knowledge, loose talk, assertive content, and philosophical methodology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by one of today's leading philosophers, \u003ci\u003eAboutness\u003c\/i\u003e represents a major advance in semantics and the philosophy of language.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an excellent book. \u003ci\u003eAboutness\u003c\/i\u003e is highly original and represents a major contribution to metaphysics and the philosophy of language.\"\u003cb\u003e--Thomas Hofweber, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAboutness\u003c\/i\u003e is a major achievement. Yablo is one of the most distinctive philosophical writers of our time. Every sentence of this landmark book is a joy, and the discussion is elegant throughout. In this part of philosophy, it doesn't get better than this.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gideon Rosen, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Yablo is professor of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of \"Things: Papers on Objects, Events, and Properties\" and \"Thoughts: Papers on Mind, Meaning, and Modality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47326953701625,"sku":"9780691173658","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S3ZONG1XN1FaTWc3NHN4TTRhc3VmUT09.webp?v=1769573384","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/aboutness-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}