Parts and Places: The Structures of Spatial Representation

by Achille C. Varzi and Roberto Casati

Book Overview

Thinking about space is thinking about spatial things. The table is on the carpet; hence the carpet is under the table. The vase is in the box; hence the box is not in the vase. But what does it mean for an object to be somewhere? How are objects tied to the space they occupy? In this book Roberto Casati and Achille C. Varzi address some of the fundamental issues in the philosophy of spatial representation. Their starting point is an analysis of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262517078
• ISBN13: 9780262517072
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher