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Book Synopsis Truth & Denotation by : R. M. Martin
Download or read book Truth & Denotation written by R. M. Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1958. A study in the logical foundations of modern theoretical semantics, this book is concerned with notions of designation and consistency as well as denotation and truth. It presents several semantical theories, each of which with what were new concepts or treatments from the author. Talking at a time when semantical theory was gained great ground, this book also looks at the methodology of the sciences and the semantics of scientific language alongside analysis of meaning and expression. It is influenced by the writings of Carnap, Church, Frege, Goodman, Quine, Russell and Tarski.
Book Synopsis Truth, Meaning, Experience by : Anil Gupta
Download or read book Truth, Meaning, Experience written by Anil Gupta and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reprints eight of Anil Gupta's essays, some with additional material. The essays bring a refreshing new perspective to central problems of philosophy. Gupta argues that logical interdependence is legitimate, and that it provides a key to understanding a variety of topics--including truth, rationality, and experience.
Book Synopsis Truth, Meaning and the Analysis of Natural Language by : Paolo Casalegno
Download or read book Truth, Meaning and the Analysis of Natural Language written by Paolo Casalegno and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A striking turn in the history of philosophy over recent decades has been the spread and growth of analytic philosophy in continental Europe as a major force. Paolo Casalegno was one of the best minds in the generation responsible for that change. His essays in the philosophy of logic and language are remarkable for their rigour, their originality, their good sense, and the depth of knowledge behind them.” — Timothy Williamson, Wykeham Professor of Logic, New College, Oxford “Paolo Casalegno was a brilliant and probing philosopher whose work contains many fundamental insights and challenges. It is wonderful to have this collection of his most important papers.” — Paul Boghossian, Silver Professor, New York University
Book Synopsis Computability and Logic by : George S. Boolos
Download or read book Computability and Logic written by George S. Boolos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fifth edition of 'Computability and Logic' covers not just the staple topics of an intermediate logic course such as Godel's incompleteness theorems, but also optional topics that include Turing's theory of computability and Ramsey's theorem.
Book Synopsis Truth in Virtue of Meaning by : Gillian Russell
Download or read book Truth in Virtue of Meaning written by Gillian Russell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences - the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean - is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a challenging new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.
Book Synopsis Truth, Thought, Reason by : Tyler Burge
Download or read book Truth, Thought, Reason written by Tyler Burge and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tyler Burge presents a collection of his seminal essays on Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), who has a strong claim to be seen as the founder of modern analytic philosophy, and whose work remains at the centre of philosophical debate today. Truth, Thought, Reason gathers some of Burge's most influential work from the last twenty-five years, and also features important new material, including a substantial introduction and postscripts to four of the ten papers. It will be an essential resource for any historian of modern philosophy, and for anyone working on philosophy of language, epistemology, or philosophical logic.
Book Synopsis Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox by : Vann McGee
Download or read book Truth, Vagueness, and Paradox written by Vann McGee and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the 1988 Johnsonian Prize in Philosophy. Published with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Book Synopsis A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity by : Ilhan Inan
Download or read book A Referential Theory of Truth and Falsity written by Ilhan Inan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics by : Peter Lasersohn
Download or read book Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics written by Peter Lasersohn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by sentences expressing personal taste, such as Roller coasters are fun, or Licorice is tasty. Standard semantic theories explain the meanings of sentences by specifying the conditions under which they are true; here, Peter Lasersohn asks how we can account for sentences that are concerned with matters of opinion rather than matters of fact. He argues that a truth-theoretic semantic theory is appropriate even for sentences like these, but that for such sentences, truth and falsity must be assigned relative to perspectives, rather than absolutely. The book provides a detailed and explicit formal grammar, working out the implications of this conception of truth both for simple sentences and for reports of mental attitude. The semantic analysis is paired with a pragmatic theory explaining what it means to assert a sentence which is true or false only relativistically, and with a speculative account of the functional motivation for a relativized notion of truth.
Book Synopsis Literal Meaning and Cognitive Content by : John-Michael Kuczynski
Download or read book Literal Meaning and Cognitive Content written by John-Michael Kuczynski and published by John-Michael Kuczynski. This book was released on with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rigorous analysis of the nature of literal meaning.
Book Synopsis Prospects for Meaning by : Richard Schantz
Download or read book Prospects for Meaning written by Richard Schantz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original papers by leading international authors address the most important problem in the philosophy of language, the question of how to assess the prospects of developing a tenable theory of meaning, given the influential sceptical attacks mounted against the concept of meaning by Willard Van Quine and Saul Kripke and their adherents in particular. Thus the texts attempt to answer the fundamental questions – of whether there are meanings, and, if there are, of what they are and of the form a serious philosophical theory of meaning should take.
Book Synopsis Frege Synthesized by : L. Haaparanta
Download or read book Frege Synthesized written by L. Haaparanta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: cake, even though it is typically given the pride of place in expositions in Frege's semantics. As a part of this attempted reversal of emphasis, Jaakko Hintikka has also called attention to the role Frege played in convincing almost everyone that verbs for being had to be treated as multiply ambiguous between the "is" of identity, the "is" of predication, the "is" of existence, and the "is" of class-inclusion - a view that had been embraced by few major figures (if any) before Frege, with the exception of John Stuart Mill and Augustus De Morgan. Hintikka has gone on to challenge this ambiguity thesis. At the same time, Frege's role in the genesis of another major twentieth-century philosophical movement, the phenomenological one, has become an important issue. Even the translation of Frege's key term "Bedeutung" as "reference" has become controversial. The interpretation of Frege is thus thrown largely back in the melting pot. In editing this volume, we have not tried to publish the last word on Frege. Even though we may harbor such ambitions ourselves, they are not what has led to the present editorial enterprise. What we have tried to do is to bring together some of the best ongoing work on Frege. Even though the ultimate judgment on our success lies with out readers, we want to register our satisfaction with all the contributions.
Book Synopsis Principles of Imprecise-Information Processing by : Shiyou Lian
Download or read book Principles of Imprecise-Information Processing written by Shiyou Lian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-02 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book showcases cutting-edge concepts and methods, and presents the principle of imprecise-information processing. It also proposes a new theory and technology for imprecise-information processing that differs from fuzzy technology, thus providing a platform for related applications and laying the theoretical basis for further research. Imprecise-information processing – a type of processing based on flexible linguistic values and quantifiable rigid linguistic values – is an important component of intelligence science and technology. This book offers an easy-to-understand overview of the basic principles and methods of imprecise-information processing, allowing readers to develop related applications or pursue further research.
Book Synopsis How to Think about Meaning by : Paul Saka
Download or read book How to Think about Meaning written by Paul Saka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to truth-conditional semantics, to explain the meaning of a statement is to specify the conditions necessary and sufficient for its truth. This book develops a more radical mentalist semantics by shifting the object of semantic inquiry. Classical semantics analyzes an abstract sentence or utterance such as "Grass is green"; in attitudinal semantics the object of inquiry is a propositional attitude such as "Speaker so-and-so thinks grass is green".
Book Synopsis Circularity, Definition, and Truth by : André Leon Jo Chapuis
Download or read book Circularity, Definition, and Truth written by André Leon Jo Chapuis and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 2 by : Scott Soames
Download or read book The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 2 written by Scott Soames and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth history of the linguistic turn in analytic philosophy, from a leading philosopher of language This is the second of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century. Scott Soames, a leading philosopher of language and historian of analytic philosophy, provides the fullest and most detailed account of the analytic tradition yet published, one that is unmatched in its chronological range, topics covered, and depth of treatment. Focusing on the major milestones and distinguishing them from detours, Soames gives a seminal account of where the analytic tradition has been and where it appears to be heading. Volume 2 provides an intensive account of the new vision in analytical philosophy initiated by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, its assimilation by the Vienna Circle of Moritz Schlick and Rudolf Carnap, and the subsequent flowering of logical empiricism. With this “linguistic turn,” philosophical analysis became philosophy itself, and the discipline’s stated aim was transformed from advancing philosophical theories to formalizing, systematizing, and unifying science. In addition to exploring the successes and failures of philosophers who pursued this vision, the book describes how the philosophically minded logicians Kurt Gödel, Alfred Tarski, Alonzo Church, and Alan Turing discovered the scope and limits of logic and developed the mathematical theory of computation that ushered in the digital era. The book’s account of this pivotal period closes with a searching examination of the struggle to preserve ethical normativity in a scientific age.
Book Synopsis Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics by : Michael James Bennett
Download or read book Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics written by Michael James Bennett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988 the philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked that, throughout his career, he had always been 'circling around' a concept of nature. Providing critical analysis of his highly original readings of Stoicism, Aristotle, and Epicurus, this book shows that it is Deleuze's interpretations of ancient Greek physics that provide the key to understanding his conception of nature. Using the works of Aristotle, Plato, Chrysippus, and Epicurus, Michael Bennett traces the development of Deleuze's key concepts of event, difference, and problem. Arguing that it is difficult, if not impossible, to fully understand these ideas without an appreciation of Deleuze's Hellenistic influences, Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics situates his commentaries in the context of contemporary scholarship on ancient Greek philosophy. Delving into the original Greek and Latin texts, this book shows that Deleuze's readings are more complex and controversial than they first appear, simultaneously advancing Deleuze as a new voice in interpretations of ancient Greek philosophy. Generating both new critical analyses of Deleuze and a new appreciation for his classical erudition, Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in ancient Greek philosophy, Deleuze's philosophical project or his unique methodology in the history of philosophy.
