Bentham's Theory of FictionsThis is Volume VI of eight in a series on the Philosophy of Mind and Language. Originally published in 1932. Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume - to his five great predecessors Bentham acknowledges his debt. It is the purpose of the present volume to give some indication of the debt which future generations may acknowledge to Jeremy Bentham, when he has taken his place as sixth in the line of the great tradition—and in some respects its most original representative. |
Contents
| ix | |
THE THEORY | xxxiv |
EXPANSIONS AND APPLICATIONS | lxii |
REMEDIES LEGAL AND GENERAL | cxiii |
NOTE BENTHAMS METHOD OF COMPOSITION | cl |
GENERAL OUTLINE | 3 |
LANGUAGE AS A SIGNSYSTEM | 105 |
PART II | 109 |
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action aggregate analysis appearance applied belonging Bentham body brought called cause character clear common complete composed consideration considered continually correspondent definition designated discourse distinction distinguished division effect employed English example existence exposition expression extensive fact faculty fiction fictitious entities field flower genus give given hand human idea import impossible included indication individual instance language less linguistic logical material matter means mind mode motion nature necessary object obligation observed occasion operation opposite original pain particular perception performed persons physical plant pleasure political portion possession practice present produced properties proposition quantity question real entities reason reference regarded relation rendered require respect rest result seems seen sense sort space speak species spoken substance supposed symbols taken termed Theory things thought tion true truth universal VIII whole word