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Can I read Necessary Intentionality : a Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness on EtoBox?
Necessary Intentionality : a Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness by Ori Simchen is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Necessary Intentionality : a Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness about?
Is it possible for the name of a particular person not to refer to that person? Ori Simchen defends a negative answer to this question, and presents a new account of aboutness, or intentionality. He argues that intentional items—such as words, thoughts, photos—are about whatever they are about as a matter of necessity, rather than contingency.
Who reads Necessary Intentionality : a Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ori Simchen
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199608515
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Physics, Science, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25