Logical Properties

Author : Colin McGinn
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191529238

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Logical Properties by Colin McGinn Pdf

The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the nature of these concepts in an attempt to define them according to preconceived ideas. Logical Properties aims to respect the ordinary ways we talk and think when we employ these concepts, while at the same time showing that they are far more interesting and peculiar than some have supposed. There are real properties corresponding to these concepts - logical properties - that challenge naturalistic metaphysical views. These are not pseudo-properties or mere pieces of syntax. Logical Properties is written with the minimum of formal apparatus and deals with logico-linguistic issues as well as ontological ones. The focus is on trying to get to the essence of what the concept concerned stands for, and not merely finding some established notation for providing formal paraphrases.

Author : Colin McGinn,Department of Philosophy Colin McGinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199241811

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Logical Properties by Colin McGinn,Department of Philosophy Colin McGinn Pdf

The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the nature of these concepts in an attempt to define them according to preconceived ideas. Logical Properties aims to respect the ordinary ways we talk and think when we employ theseconcepts, while at the same time showing that they are far more interesting and peculiar than some have supposed. There are real properties corresponding to these concepts - logical properties - that challenge naturalistic metaphysical views. These are not pseudo-properties or mere pieces of syntax. LogicalProperties is written with the minimum of formal apparatus and deals with logico-linguistic issues as well as ontological ones. The focus is on trying to get to the essence of what the concept concerned stands for, and not merely finding some established notation for providing formal paraphrases.

Author : Samuel C. Wheeler
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0804737533

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Deconstruction as Analytic Philosophy by Samuel C. Wheeler Pdf

These twelve essays treat the thought of "deconstructive" philosophers from the perspective of analytic philosophy and relate the works of such thinkers as Davidson, Quine, and Wittgenstein to the writings of Derrida and de Man.

Author : Simon C. Dik,John Connolly
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110871685

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Functional Grammar and the Computer by Simon C. Dik,John Connolly Pdf

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Author : Michael P. Lynch,Jeremy Wyatt,Junyeol Kim,Nathan Kellen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262542067

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The Nature of Truth, second edition by Michael P. Lynch,Jeremy Wyatt,Junyeol Kim,Nathan Kellen Pdf

The definitive and essential collection of classic and new essays on analytic theories of truth, revised and updated, with seventeen new chapters. The question "What is truth?" is so philosophical that it can seem rhetorical. Yet truth matters, especially in a "post-truth" society in which lies are tolerated and facts are ignored. If we want to understand why truth matters, we first need to understand what it is. The Nature of Truth offers the definitive collection of classic and contemporary essays on analytic theories of truth. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating both historically central readings on truth's nature as well as up-to-the-moment contemporary essays. Seventeen new chapters reflect the current trajectory of research on truth.

Author : Andrea Iacona
Publisher : Springer
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319741543

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Logical Form by Andrea Iacona Pdf

Logical form has always been a prime concern for philosophers belonging to the analytic tradition. For at least one century, the study of logical form has been widely adopted as a method of investigation, relying on its capacity to reveal the structure of thoughts or the constitution of facts. This book focuses on the very idea of logical form, which is directly relevant to any principled reflection on that method. Its central thesis is that there is no such thing as a correct answer to the question of what is logical form: two significantly different notions of logical form are needed to fulfill two major theoretical roles that pertain respectively to logic and to semantics. This thesis has a negative and a positive side. The negative side is that a deeply rooted presumption about logical form turns out to be overly optimistic: there is no unique notion of logical form that can play both roles. The positive side is that the distinction between two notions of logical form, once properly spelled out, sheds light on some fundamental issues concerning the relation between logic and language.

Author : Michael Genesereth,Eric J. Kao
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781627059992

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Introduction to Logic by Michael Genesereth,Eric J. Kao Pdf

This book is a gentle but rigorous introduction to Formal Logic. It is intended primarily for use at the college level. However, it can also be used for advanced secondary school students, and it can be used at the start of graduate school for those who have not yet seen the material. The approach to teaching logic used here emerged from more than 20 years of teaching logic to students at Stanford University and from teaching logic to tens of thousands of others via online courses on the World Wide Web. The approach differs from that taken by other books in logic in two essential ways, one having to do with content, the other with form. Like many other books on logic, this one covers logical syntax and semantics and proof theory plus induction. However, unlike other books, this book begins with Herbrand semantics rather than the more traditional Tarskian semantics. This approach makes the material considerably easier for students to understand and leaves them with a deeper understanding of what logic is all about. In addition to this text, there are online exercises (with automated grading), online logic tools and applications, online videos of lectures, and an online forum for discussion. They are available at http://intrologic.stanford.edu/

Author : Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110322002

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Against the Current by Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock Pdf

The present collection of seventeen papers, most of them already published in international philosophical journals, deals both with issues in the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language and epistemology. The first part contains critical assessments and somewhat deviant renderings of the work of two seminal philosophers, Frege and Husserl, as well as of the young Carnap and Kripke. The second part contains analyses of central issues in the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics and semantics, including arguments on behalf of Platonism in the philosophy of mathematics, a defense of second-order logic, a new definition of analyticity, a sketch of a semantics for mathematical statements and a critique of Kripke’s possible world semantics for modal logic.

Author : Jill Vance Buroker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139458320

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Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Jill Vance Buroker Pdf

In this introductory textbook to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Jill Vance Buroker explains the role of this first Critique in Kant's Critical project and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. She situates Kant's views in relation both to his predecessors and to contemporary debates, explaining his Critical philosophy as a response to the failure of rationalism and the challenge of skepticism. Paying special attention to Kant's notoriously difficult vocabulary, she explains the strengths and weaknesses of his arguments, while leaving the final assessment up to the reader. Intended to be read alongside the Critique (also published by Cambridge University Press as part of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation), this guide is accessible to readers with little background in the history of philosophy, but should also be a valuable resource for more advanced students.

Author : Kwame Anthony Appiah
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199882878

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Thinking It Through by Kwame Anthony Appiah Pdf

Thinking it Through is a thorough, vividly written introduction to contemporary philosophy and some of the most crucial questions of human existence, including the nature of mind and knowledge, the status of moral claims, the existence of God, the role of science, and the mysteries of language. Noted philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah shows us what it means to "do" philosophy in our time and why it should matter to anyone who wishes to live a more thoughtful life. Opposing the common misconceptions that being a philosopher means espousing a set of philosophical beliefs--or being a follower of a particular thinker--Appiah argues that "the result of philosophical exploration is not the end of inquiry in a settled opinion, but a mind resting more comfortably among many possibilities, or else the reframing of the question, and a new inquiry." Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, Thinking It Through is organized around eight central topics--mind, knowledge, language, science, morality, politics, law, and metaphysics. It traces how philosophers in the past have considered each subject (how Hobbes, Wittgenstein, and Frege, for example, approached the problem of language) and then explores some of the major questions that still engage philosophers today. More importantly, Appiah not only explains what philosophers have thought but how they think, giving students examples that they can use in their own attempts to navigate the complex issues confronting any reflective person in the twenty-first century. Filled with concrete examples of how philosophers work, Thinking it Through guides students through the process of philosophical reflection and enlarges their understanding of the central questions of human life.

Author : Simon C. Dik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110850451

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Functional Grammar in Prolog by Simon C. Dik Pdf

Author : Gabriele M. Mras,Paul Weingartner,Bernhard Ritter
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110654547

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Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics by Gabriele M. Mras,Paul Weingartner,Bernhard Ritter Pdf

This volume presents different conceptions of logic and mathematics and discuss their philosophical foundations and consequences. This concerns first of all topics of Wittgenstein's ideas on logic and mathematics; questions about the structural complexity of propositions; the more recent debate about Neo-Logicism and Neo-Fregeanism; the comparison and translatability of different logics; the foundations of mathematics: intuitionism, mathematical realism, and formalism. The contributing authors are Matthias Baaz, Francesco Berto, Jean-Yves Beziau, Elena Dragalina-Chernya, Günther Eder, Susan Edwards-McKie, Oliver Feldmann, Juliet Floyd, Norbert Gratzl, Richard Heinrich, Janusz Kaczmarek, Wolfgang Kienzler, Timm Lampert, Itala Maria Loffredo D'Ottaviano, Paolo Mancosu, Matthieu Marion, Felix Mühlhölzer, Charles Parsons, Edi Pavlovic, Christoph Pfisterer, Michael Potter, Richard Raatzsch, Esther Ramharter, Stefan Riegelnik, Gabriel Sandu, Georg Schiemer, Gerhard Schurz, Dana Scott, Stewart Shapiro, Karl Sigmund, William W. Tait, Mark van Atten, Maria van der Schaar, Vladimir Vasyukov, Jan von Plato, Jan Woleński and Richard Zach.

Author : Rashidul Alam
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Logical atomism
ISBN : 817099201X

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Bertrand Russell's logical atomism by Rashidul Alam Pdf

Author : Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268730

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Language Structure and Environment by Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla Pdf

Language Structure and Environment is a broad introduction to how languages are shaped by their environment. It makes the argument that the social, cultural, and natural environment of speakers influences the structures and development of the languages they speak. After a general overview, the contributors explain in a number of detailed case studies how specific cultural, societal, geographical, evolutionary and meta-linguistic pressures determine the development of specific grammatical features and the global structure of a varied selection of languages. This is a work of meticulous scholarship at the forefront of a burgeoning field of linguistics.

Author : Georgio Pini
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004453302

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Categories and Logic in Duns Scotus by Georgio Pini Pdf

This volume deals with thirteenth-century interpretations of Aristotle’s Categories, providing at the same time an introduction to some main themes of medieval philosophical logic. It analyzes various answers to the question whether the Aristotle’s short and influential treatise is a logical or a metaphysical work, and to the connected question, whether categories are words, concepts, or things. It also presents the doctrine of the so-called ‘second intentions’, and traces the influence that it had on the interpretation of the Categories in authors such as Thomas Aquinas, Peter of Auvergne, Simon of Faversham, Radulphus Brito, and Duns Scotus. The last two chapters, entirely devoted to Duns Scotus’s reading of the Categories, provide a systematic introduction to Scotus’s commentary on Aristotle’s treatise, which has hitherto been largely neglected.