Metaphysics, Mathematics, And Meaning

Klappentext Metaphysics! Mathematics! and Meaning brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence! non-existence! and fiction; modality and its logic; strict identity! including personal identity; numbers and numerical quantifiers; the philosophical significance of G del's Incompleteness theorems; and semantic content and designation. Including a previously unpublished essay and a helpful new introduction to orient the reader! the volume offers rich and varied sustenance for philosophers and logicians. Zusammenfassung Brings together Nathan Salmon's papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence, and fiction; modality and its logic; strict identity, including personal identity; numbers and numerical quantifiers; the philosophical significance of Godel's Incompleteness theorems; and semantic content and designation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Ontology 1: Existence (1987) 2: Nonexistence (1998) 3: Mythical Objects (2002) II. Necessity 4: Modal Logic Kalish-and-Montague Style (1994) 5: Impossible Worlds (1984) 6: An Empire of Thin Air (1988) 7: The Logic of What Might Have Been (1989) III. Identity 8: The fact that x=y (1987) 9: This Side of Paradox (1993) 10: Identity Facts (2003) 11: Personal Identity: What's the Problem? (1995) IV. Philosophy of Mathematics 12: Wholes, Parts, and Numbers (1997) 13: The Limits of Human Mathematics (2001) V. Theory of Meaning and Reference 14: On Content (1992) 15: On Designating (1997) 16: A Problem in the Frege-Church Theory of Sense and Denotation (1993) 17: The Very Possibility of Language (2001) 18: Tense and Intension (2003) 19: Pronouns as Variables (2005)

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Salmon, Nathan U. Salmon, Salmon Nathan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2006
• EAN: 9780199284719
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928471-9
• No. of pages: 419
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Philosophical Papers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic