The Unity of the Proposition

Zusatztext Gaskin's book demands engagement from everyone interested in the problem of the unity of the proposition... But perhaps more impressively than that, this book deserves to make the number of people intered in its subject-matter substantially greater. Informationen zum Autor Richard Gaskin has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool since 2001. Prior to that he was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sussex from 1991-97, and then a Reader from 1997 until 2001. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Edinburgh, Mainz, and Bonn. Klappentext Richard Gaskin analyses what is distinctive about sentences and the propositions they express--what marks them off from mere aggregates of words and meanings respectively. Since he identifies the world with all the true and false propositions, his account has significant implications for our understanding of the nature of reality. Zusammenfassung Richard Gaskin analyses what is distinctive about sentences and the propositions they express--what marks them off from mere aggregates of words and meanings respectively. Since he identifies the world with all the true and false propositions, his account has significant implications for our understanding of the nature of reality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Truth, falsity, and unity 2: Sense, reference, and propositions 3: Frege and Russell on Unity 4: The hierarchy of levels and the syntactic priority thesis 5: Logical predication, logical form, and Bradley's regress 6: Bradley's regress and the unity of the proposition

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Gaskin, Richard (University of Liverpool) Gaskin, Gaskin Richard
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780199239450
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923945-0
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy