An Introduction to Philosophical LogicAn Introduction to Philosophical Logic has been a popular mainstay among students taking courses in philosophical logic and the philosophy of language since it was first published in 1982. Covering some of the most central topics in philosophy - the proposition, theories of truth, existence, meaning and reference, realism and anti-realism - it aims to be an accessible guide to the topic. This new edition keeps the same successful format, with each chapter as a self-contained introduction to the topic it discusses, but has been rewritten to include updated information. The author has also included a new chapter on identity, has revised his concluding comments and has completely updated the bibliography. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
The Proposition | 24 |
Necessity Analyticity and the A Priori | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Accordingly analytic antirealism antirealist appears argument arises Aristotle assertion believe chapter characterisation cognitive coherence concept consists constitutes context contingent counterpart theory Davidson denotative theory difficulties discussion distinction Donnellan's Dummett entails entities essence essential example exists expression fact Frege given grammatical grasp ibid idea identity intuitive issue Kant kind King of France Kripke Kripke's Leibniz linguistic matter metaphysical modal modal logic names natural language necessarily necessary truths necessity notion objects ontological philosophical logic possible worlds posteriori predicate presupposition principle principle of bivalence priori problem properties propositional attitudes propositions quantifiers question Quine Quine's view realism reason recognise reference referential relation Russell Russell's semantic sense sentence singular terms speaker specifically statements Strawson synonymy talk Tarski's theory of descriptions theory of meaning theory of truth thesis things thought tigers tion true or false truth theory truth-conditions truth-value utterance verificationist verified Wittgenstein words
References to this book
From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defence of Conceptual Analysis Frank Jackson No preview available - 2000 |