J.H. Fetzer / D. Shatz / G. Schlesinger (Hgg.)

Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives

Herausgegeben:Fetzer, James H.; Shatz, D.; Schlesinger, G.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Synthese Library 216
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-7923-1046-4
• 1991.
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780792310464
• ISBN-10: 0792310462
• Artikelnr.: 21067848

Inhaltsangabe

Aspects of the Theory of Definition.- I / Preliminary Considerations.- Real and Nominal Definitions.- Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws.- II / Definitional Desiderata.- Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition.- Definition in a Quinean World.- III / Formal Developments.- Definitions and Definability.- Towards a General Theory of Identifiability.- IV / Epistemic Dimensions.- Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology.- Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality.- V / Specialized Conceptions.- Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions.- Inverted Definitions and Their Uses.- VI / Disciplinary Conceptions.- Definitions in Law.- Defining the Divine.- Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.