Presents a formal approach to the metaphysics of perspective Offers a novel analysis of metaphysical grounding Includes a historical survey of relativism in the philosophy of science

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Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of La Laguna (Spain) in 2009. His books include Los problemas de las teorías representacionales de la conciencia (Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 2010) and Implicaciones de la teoría de los actos de habla (Madrid: EAE, 2011), and he has coedited (with V. Raga) La filosofía de Richard Rorty (Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2010). He has also published more than 50 articles in several collected books and international journals. In 2012, Colomina received the Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Society of Logic. His research areas of interest focus on Philosophy of Science, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and the boundaries between Semantics and Pragmatics.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Two Interpretations of Points of View.- Chapter 2. A Historical Survey of Points of View.- Chapter 3. The Feasibility of Determinables.- Chapter 4. The structure of Points of View.- Chapter 5. Grounding Qualitative Dimensions.- chapter 6. An Approach to the Speaker's point of View.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.