Nick Tasker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick Tasker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | Tasker |
| SIGNATURE | TASKER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4493-633X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The case for eliminativism about words
Words are ubiquitous and familiar, and the concept of a word features both in common-sense ways of understanding the world, and in more theoretical discourse. Nonetheless, it has been repeatedly argued that there is no such thing as words. In this paper, I will set out a range of arguments for eliminativism about words, and indicate the most promising responses. I begin by considering an eliminativist argument based on the alleged mind-dependency…
The case for eliminativism about words
Words are ubiquitous and familiar, and the concept of a word features both in common-sense ways of understanding the world, and in more theoretical discourse. Nonetheless, it has been repeatedly argued that there is no such thing as words. In this paper, I will set out a range of arguments for eliminativism about words, and indicate the most promising responses. I begin by considering an eliminativist argument based on the alleged mind-dependency…
The case for eliminativism about words
Words are ubiquitous and familiar, and the concept of a word features both in common-sense ways of understanding the world, and in more theoretical discourse. Nonetheless, it has been repeatedly argued that there is no such thing as words. In this paper, I will set out a range of arguments for eliminativism about words, and indicate the most promising responses. I begin by considering an eliminativist argument based on the alleged mind-dependency…
Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Eliminative materialism (1 work) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Metaphysics (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 work)