Language Truth And Ontology

Author : K. Mulligan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 223 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401126021

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Language, Truth and Ontology by K. Mulligan Pdf

All except three of the papers in this volume were presented at the colloquium on "L'Ontologie formelle aujourd'hui", Geneva, 3-5 June 1988. The three exceptions, the papers by David Armstrong, Uwe Meixner and Wolfgang Lenzen, were presented at the colloquium on "Properties", Zinal, June 1-3, 1990. It was, incidentally, at the second of these two colloquia that the European Society for Analytic Philosophy came into being. The fathers of analytic philosophy - Moore and Russell - were in no doubt that ontology or metaphysics as well as the topics oflanguage, truth and logic constituted the core subject-matter of their "analytic realism", 1 for the task of metaphysics as they conceived things was the description of 2 the world. And logic and ontology are indissolubly linked in the system of the grandfather of analytic philosophy, Frege. After the Golden Age of analytic philosophy - in Cambridge and Austria - opposition to realism as well as the "linguistic turn" contributed for a long time to the eclipse of ontology. 3 Thanks in large measure to the work of some of the senior contributors to the present volume - Roderick Chisholm, Herbert Hochberg, David Armstrong and Karel Lambert - ontology and metaphysics now enjoy once again the central position they occupied some eighty years ago in the heyday of analytic philosophy.

Author : Kanti Lal Das,Anirban Mukherjee
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 8172112289

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Language and Ontology by Kanti Lal Das,Anirban Mukherjee Pdf

The book highlights the concept of ontology, relationship between language and ontology, the distinction between ontology and reality, the role of linguistic philosophers in dealing with ontology etc. Apart from these, the eminent scholars address themselves with the ontology behind the value of valuation, exclusion and discrimination, inter-religious dialogue, Indian theories of language, values in cinema, poetic language etc.

Author : Trenton Merricks
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199205233

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Truth and Ontology by Trenton Merricks Pdf

A central question in philosophy is whether and how truth depends on the world. In isolation this question is so abstract that it is hard to address in an illuminating way. Instead, Trenton Merricks looks at how answers to this question bear on a variety of other philosophical debates. The result is a well-grounded discussion of the nature of truth that in its turn casts new light on these philosophical debates themselves.

Author : Herbert Hochberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
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Release : 1984
Category : Idealism
ISBN : UCAL:B4410946

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Logic, Ontology, and Language by Herbert Hochberg Pdf

Author : J. T. M. Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192648532

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The Language of Ontology by J. T. M. Miller Pdf

Metaphysical and ontological debates, concerning what exists and the nature of reality, are perennial features of the philosophical landscape. However, some have argued that ontological debates are non-substantive, pointless, trivial, incoherent, or impossible. Debates about whether tables exist, for example, or about the nature of reality, are taken to be in some way deficient. This has led to a burgeoning literature studying the nature of metaphysical and ontological disputes themselves. One major debate within this context concerns the language of ontology. The central question is whether the nature of language influences or limits our ability to engage productively in ontological disputes. While we typically think that our language describes the world, or at least can accurately describe the world, there have been many who have argued that the nature of language inherently influences and limits our attempts to understand the nature of reality-that our claims about what exists are, in fact, merely a reflection of how we happen to speak or think. The Language of Ontology collects chapters from established participants in the debate alongside new voices, to explore the range of issues relating to our ability or inability to get beyond the limits of our language.

Author : Concha Martínez,Uxía Rivas,Luis Villegas-Forero
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429782039

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Truth in Perspective by Concha Martínez,Uxía Rivas,Luis Villegas-Forero Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume has its origin in a meeting that was held in Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in January 1996. The meeting was organized by the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science in cooperation with the Association for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science in Spain. Within analytical philosophy issues such as the definability of truth, its semantic relevance, its role in the distinction between formal and natural languages, the status of truth-bearers or in its case of truth-makers, have become a crossroads in the studies of logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology and ontology. Thus, in spite of what the title Truth in Perspective may suggest to the reader at first, the present volume is not only - though it is also a presentation of different theories or conceptions of truth. Most of the book presents a vision of different groups of philosophical questions in which the issue of truth appears embedded together with other related themes, from different points of view.

Author : Jack Kaminsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UCAL:B3931946

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Language and Ontology by Jack Kaminsky Pdf

Author : M. Joshua Mozersky
Publisher : Oxford Studies of Time in Lang
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198718161

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Time, Language, and Ontology by M. Joshua Mozersky Pdf

This book brings together, in a novel way, an account of the structure of time with an account of our language and thought about time. Joshua Mozersky argues that it is possible to reconcile the human experience of time, which is centred on the present, with the objective conception of time, according to which all moments are intrinsically alike. He defends a temporally centreless ontology along with a tenseless semantics that is compatible with - and indeed helps to explain the need for - tensed language and thought. This theory of time also, it is argued, helps to elucidate the nature of change and temporal passage, neither of which need be denied nor relegated to the realm of subjective experience only. The book addresses a variety of topics including whether the past and future are real; whether temporal passage is a genuine phenomenon or merely a subjective illusion; how the asymmetry of time is to be understood; the nature of representation; how something can change its properties yet retain its identity; and whether objects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. It is a wide-ranging examination of recent issues in metaphysics, philosophy of language and the philosophy of science and presents a compelling picture of the relationship of human beings to the spatiotemporal world.

Author : Eliot Deutsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015008517826

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On Truth, an Ontological Theory by Eliot Deutsch Pdf

Author : Colin McGinn
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199856141

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Truth by Analysis by Colin McGinn Pdf

In this study of the nature of philosophy, Colin McGinn shows us how philosophy can maintain its connection to the past while looking forward to a bright future.

Author : CONCHA. RIVAS MARTINEZ (UXIA. VILLEGAS-FORERO, LUIS.),Uxia Rivas,Luis Villegas-Forero
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138359866

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Truth in Perspective by CONCHA. RIVAS MARTINEZ (UXIA. VILLEGAS-FORERO, LUIS.),Uxia Rivas,Luis Villegas-Forero Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume has its origin in a meeting that was held in Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in January 1996. The meeting was organized by the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science in cooperation with the Association for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science in Spain. Within analytical philosophy issues such as the definability of truth, its semantic relevance, its role in the distinction between formal and natural languages, the status of truth-bearers or in its case of truth-makers, have become a crossroads in the studies of logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology and ontology. Thus, in spite of what the title Truth in Perspective may suggest to the reader at first, the present volume is not only - though it is also a presentation of different theories or conceptions of truth. Most of the book presents a vision of different groups of philosophical questions in which the issue of truth appears embedded together with other related themes, from different points of view.

Author : Miguel de Beistegui
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253111005

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Truth and Genesis by Miguel de Beistegui Pdf

"... an attempt to revive ontology (or metaphysics) -- indeed philosophy itself -- by means of a two-sided conception of being.... This is a remarkable idea which has produced a powerful book." -- Leonard Lawlor "... a major philosophical study: rich, brilliant... a tour de force, a seminal study that will be a starting-point for future research in this area." -- Robert Bernasconi In Truth and Genesis, Miguel de Beistegui considers the role and meaning of philosophy today. Calling for a new departure for philosophy, one that brings together philosophy's scattered identities, de Beistegui proposes a robust and unified philosophy that would find itself equally at home in artistic and scientific disciplines. To build this renewed philosophy, de Beistegui turns to Aristotle and the earliest foundations of thought. He traces philosophy's development through the medieval and modern periods before comparing and investigating the work of two of the 20th century's most influential thinkers, Martin Heidegger and Gilles Deleuze. In particular, de Beistegui focuses on Deleuze's Difference and Repetition and Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy for their handling of the concept of difference. De Beistegui concludes that Deleuze and Heidegger are irreconcilable, but it is in their disagreements that he sees a way to liberate philosophy from its current crisis.

Author : Ilhan Inan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000580938

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A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity by Ilhan Inan Pdf

This book proposes a novel theory of truth and falsity. It argues that truth is a form of reference and falsity is a form of reference failure. Most of the philosophical literature on truth concentrates on certain ontological and epistemic problems. This book focuses instead on language. By utilizing the Fregean idea that sentences are singular referring expressions, the author develops novel connections between the philosophical study of truth and falsity and the huge literature in in the philosophy of language on the notion of reference. The first part of the book constructs the author’s theory and argues for it in length. Part II addresses the ways in which the theory relates to, and is different from, some of the basic theories of truth. Part III takes up how to account for the truth of sentences with logical operators and quantifiers. Finally, Part IV discusses the applications and implications of the theory for longstanding problems in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and linguistics.

Author : Hans-Johann Glock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139436731

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Quine and Davidson on Language, Thought and Reality by Hans-Johann Glock Pdf

Quine and Davidson are among the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. Their influence on contemporary philosophy is second to none, and their impact is also strongly felt in disciplines such as linguistics and psychology. This book is devoted to both of them, but also questions some of their basic assumptions. Hans-Johann Glock critically scrutinizes their ideas on ontology, truth, necessity, meaning and interpretation, thought and language, and shows that their attempts to accommodate meaning and thought within a naturalistic framework, either by impugning them as unclear or by extracting them from physical facts, are ultimately unsuccessful. His discussion includes interesting comparisons of Quine and Davidson with other philosophers, particularly Wittgenstein, and also offers detailed accounts of central issues in contemporary analytic philosophy, such as the nature of truth and of meaning and interpretation, and the relation between thought and language.

Author : Guido Küng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401035149

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Ontology and the Logistic Analysis of Language by Guido Küng Pdf

It is the aim of the present study to introduce the reader to the ways of thinking of those contemporary philosophers who apply the tools of symbolic logic to classical philosophical problems. Unlike the "conti nental" reader for whom this work was originally written, the English speaking reader will be more familiar with most of the philosophers dis cussed in this book, and he will in general not be tempted to dismiss them indiscriminately as "positivists" and "nominalists". But the English version of this study may help to redress the balance in another respect. In view of the present emphasis on ordinary language and the wide spread tendency to leave the mathematical logicians alone with their technicalities, it seems not without merit to revive the interest in formal ontology and the construction of formal systems. A closer look at the historical account which will be given here, may convince the reader that there are several points in the historical develop ment whose consequences have not yet been fully assessed: I mention, e. g. , the shift from the traditional three-level semantics of sense and deno tation to the contemporary two-level semantics of representation; the relation of extensional structure and intensional content in the extensional systems of Wittgenstein and Carnap; the confusing changes in labelling the different kinds of analytic and apriori true sentences; etc. Among the philosophically interesting tools of symbolic logic Lesniewski's calculus of names deserves special attention.