The Foundations of Philosophical Semantics (eBook)

John L. Pollock (Autor)

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2017
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400886463 (ISBN)

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Although philosophical semantics has become both a discipline in its own right and the source of the analytic techniques used in the rest of philosophy, its foundations have themselves been problematic. To provide a unified account of the field, John L. Pollock discusses issues including the nature of possible worlds, modalities, counterfactuals, and causation.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: Abstract and concrete • Accessibility relation • actualism • Ambiguity • Antinomy • A priori and a posteriori • asymmetry • Axiom • axiomatic system • Bertrand Russell • Boolean algebra (structure) • Categorical Proposition • Causal chain • Causality • Comparability • Concept • Context mixing • Contradiction • counterexample • Counterfactual conditional • Counterpart theory • Demonstrative • Denotation • Determinacy • Diagram (category theory) • Epistemology • Essence • essentialism • Existence • Existentialism • existential quantification • Explanation • fallacy • Falsity • First-Order Logic • Formal semantics (linguistics) • fundamental theorem • Haecceity • hypothesis • inference • Instantiation principle • Intension • intensional logic • Intuitionism • Law of thought • linguistic description • Logic • Logical connective • logical consequence • Logical disjunction • Logical Investigations (Husserl) • Logical truth • Mathematical Induction • Mathematical Proof • metaphysical necessity • Modal Logic • Modal operator • Modal property • model Theory • Negation • Nominalism • Notation • Occam's Razor • Parameter • Philosopher • philosophical analysis • Philosophical Logic • philosophical studies • Philosophy of Language • possible world • Potentiality and actuality • Predicate (mathematical logic) • Principle • Probability • Probability Theory • Proposition • propositional attitude • Propositional Calculus • Qualitative property • Quantifier (logic) • reason • Recursive definition • Rule of inference • Semantics • set theory • State of affairs (philosophy) • Suggestion • Supervenience • syllogism • Tautology (logic) • Theorem • theory • Theory of Forms • The Philosopher • Thought • Truth condition • Truth value • Validity • Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory • Zermelo set theory
• ISBN-13: 9781400886463 / 9781400886463