On the Content and Object of Presentations A Psychological Investigation

Twardowski's little book - of which I here offer a translation - is one of the most remarkable works in the history of modern philosophy. It is concise, clear, and - in Findlay's words - "amazingly rich in ideas. "l It is therefore a paradigm of what some contemporary philosopher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Twardowski, Kasimir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1977, 1977
Edition:1st ed. 1977
Series:Melbourne International Philosophy Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Act, Content, and Object of the Presentation
  • 2. Act, Content, and Object of the Judgment
  • 3. Names and Presentations
  • 4. The “Presented”
  • 5. So-called “Objectless” Presentations
  • 6. The Difference between Content and Object
  • 7. Description of the Object of a Presentation
  • 8. The Ambiguity of the Term ‘Characteristic’
  • 9. The Material Constituents of the Object
  • 10. The Formal Constituents of the Object
  • 11. The Constituents of the Content
  • 12. The Relationship between the Object and the Content of a Presentation
  • 13. The Characteristic
  • 14. Indirect Presentations
  • 15. The Objects of General Presentations