Ways of Worldmaking

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book philosophical work

Ways of Worldmaking is a philosophical book by Nelson Goodman that explores how humans construct multiple versions of reality through symbols, language, and representation.

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Ways of Worldmaking canonical 3
chapter "Worldmaking as We Know It" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Nelson Goodman ⓘ
centralClaim facts are fabricated within versions rather than found ready-made ⓘ
there are many ways of making worlds rather than a single fixed world to be discovered ⓘ
worlds are made through symbol systems, descriptions, and representations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresConcept conflicting but equally right world-versions ⓘ
denotation ⓘ
exemplification ⓘ
projectability of predicates ⓘ
reference ⓘ
relative rightness of versions ⓘ
symbolic systems ⓘ
version pluralism ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of art ⓘ
hasPart chapter "Exemplification and Expression" ⓘ
chapter "On Projecting" ⓘ
chapter "Relativities" ⓘ
chapter "The Fabrication of Facts" ⓘ
chapter "Theories in Conflict" ⓘ
chapter "Words, Works, Worlds" ⓘ
Ways of Worldmaking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: chapter "Worldmaking as We Know It"
hasPhilosophicalTheme anti-realism about worlds ⓘ
relativism about representation ⓘ
role of art in knowledge ⓘ
theory-ladenness of observation ⓘ
influenced aesthetics ⓘ
constructivist epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
influencedBy Languages of Art ⓘ
The Structure of Appearance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject construction of reality ⓘ
pluralism about worlds ⓘ
representation ⓘ
symbol systems ⓘ
worldmaking ⓘ
notableIdea no unique true description of the world ⓘ
worldmaking as a process of constructing versions ⓘ
philosophicalSchool constructivism ⓘ
irrealism ⓘ
nominalism ⓘ
publicationYear 1978 ⓘ
publisher Hackett Publishing Company ⓘ
relatedWork Languages of Art ⓘ
The Structure of Appearance ⓘ

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