Objects and Other Subjects

Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality

By: William D. Davies (Editor), Stanley Dubinsky (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 October 2001

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According to Platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract objects. But abstract objects lack causal powers and a location in space and time, so how we could ever come to know of them? Cheyne presents a systematic and detailed account of this epistemological objection to the Platonist doctrine that abstract objects exist and can be known. Since mathematics has such a central role in the acquisition of scientific knowledge, he concentrates on mathematical Platonism. He also concentrates on our knowledge of what exists, and argues for a causal constraint on such existential knowledge. Finally, he exposes the weaknesses of recent attempts by Platonists to account for our supposed Platonic knowledge.

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List of Contributors	p. ix
Forword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Overview
Remarks on Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax	p. 1
Phrase Structure as a Representation of "Primitive" Grammatical Relations	p. 21
Grammatical Functions, Thematic Roles, and Phrase Structure: Their Underlying Disunity	p. 53
Is Case Another Name for Grammatical Function? Evidence from Object Asymmetries	p. 77
Objects
Subjects, Objects, and the EPP	p. 103
Derived Objects in Malagasy	p. 123
Subjects
The Distribution of Subject Properties in Irish	p. 157
The EPP in Spanish	p. 193
On Predication and the Status of Subjects in Niuean	p. 225
Functional Architecture and the Distribution of Subject Properties	p. 247
References	p. 281
Author Index	p. 297
Subject Index	p. 301
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