Morris Lazerowitz, Alice Ambrose

Necessity and Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The problem of necessity remains one of the central issues in modern philosophy. The authors of this volume, originally published in 1985, developed a new approach to the problem, which focusses on the logical grammar of necessary propositions. This volume gathers their seminal essays on the problem of necessity, together with new material at the original time publication.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 14mm x 156mm x 234mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9781138697003
• Artikelnr.: 53482791

Autorenporträt

Morris Lazerowitz, Alice Ambrose

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Introduction S. G. Shanker 1. Necessity and Language 2. Factual, Mathematical and Metaphysical Inventories 3. A priori Truths and Empirical Confirmation 4. Assuming the Logically Impossible 5. Invention and Discovery 6. Mathematical Generality 7. The Infinite in Mathematics 8. The Metaphysical Concept of Space 9. The Passing of an Illusion 10. On Making a Philosophical Problem Disappear

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Editor's Introduction S. G. Shanker 1. Necessity and Language 2. Factual,
Mathematical and Metaphysical Inventories 3. A priori Truths and Empirical
Confirmation 4. Assuming the Logically Impossible 5. Invention and
Discovery 6. Mathematical Generality 7. The Infinite in Mathematics 8. The
Metaphysical Concept of Space 9. The Passing of an Illusion 10. On Making a
Philosophical Problem Disappear