Metaphysics and Grammar

by William Charlton

Book Overview

Metaphysics deals with truth, existence and goodness; it also considers change, time and causation, which characterise the physical world, and thought and language. We are familiar with all these things, but when we try to say what they are we become tongue-tied.

William Charlton draws a line between lexicography, which lists words, and grammar, which specifies constructions for various forms of speech. Both words and constructions have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472534212
• ISBN13: 9781472534217
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"