On Perceiving Tropes

Przemyslaw Spryszak

doi:10.1515/sh-2015-0012

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On Perceiving Tropes

Studia Humana

Volume 4 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)

By: Przemyslaw Spryszak

Open Access

|Jul 2015

Abstract

In this short paper I consider Professor Bence Nanay’s suggestion that representationalism can be supported by the theory of tropes. I argue that from a philosophical point of view such a support is nevertheless not very strong.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2015-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2299-0518

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Language: English

Page range: 13 - 15

Published on: Jul 24, 2015

Published by: University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Tropes,

Representationalism,

Perception

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Political economics, other,

Mathematics,

Logic and set theory,

Philosophy,

Philosophy, other

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Volume 4 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)