Jared Warren

Shadows of Syntax

Revitalizing Logical and Mathematical Conventionalism

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume revitalizes logical and mathematical conventionalism. Conventionalism takes logical and mathematical truth to have their source in linguistic conventions. This was a popular view in the early 20th century, but it was never worked out in detail and is now almost universally rejected in mainstream philosophical circles. In Shadows of Syntax, Jared Warren offers the first book-length treatment and defense of a combined conventionalist theory of logic and mathematics. He argues that our conventions, in the form of syntactic rules of language use, are perfectly suited to explain the truth, necessity, and a priority of logical and mathematical claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 168mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780190086152
• ISBN-10: 0190086157
• Artikelnr.: 58304229

Autorenporträt

Jared Warren is Assistant Professor of philosophy at Stanford University. He has published papers in metaphysics, epistemology, mind and language, metaphilosophy, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics.

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Philosophical Background
1. What is Conventionalism
2. Linguistic Conventions
II. Revitalizing Logical Conventionalism
3. Unrestricted Logical Inferentialism
4. Logical Conventionalism
5. Alternative Conventions, Alternative Logics
6. The Epistemology of Logic
7. The Very Idea of Truth by Convention
III. Revitalizing Mathematical Conventionalism
8. From Logic to Mathematics
9. Metaontology, Existence, and Reference
10. Mathematical Determinacy
11. Truth, Paradoxes, Freedom, Applications, and Knowledge
12. Metamathematics versus Conventionalism
IV. Reflections
13. Old Slogans, New Dogmas
14. The Facts of the Matter