Logics and Languages

Informationen zum Autor M. J. Cresswell Klappentext This book, originally published in 1991, sets forth the assumptions about thought and language that made falsehood seem so problematic to Plato and his contemporaries, and expounds the solution that Plato finally reached in the Sophist. Free from untranslated Greek, the book is accessible to all studying ancient Greek philosophy. Zusammenfassung This book, originally published in 1991, sets forth the assumptions about thought and language that made falsehood seem so problematic to Plato and his contemporaries, and expounds the solution that Plato finally reached in the Sophist. Free from untranslated Greek, the book is accessible to all studying ancient Greek philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Propositional Languages 1. Syntax and Semantics of Propositional Languages 2. Propositional Logics 3. The Metaphysics of Propositions 4. The Structure of Propositions Part 2: Categorial Languages 5. Pure Categorial Languages 6. Abstraction and ?-categorial Languages 7. The Metaphysics of Categorial Languages 8. Pragmatics Part 3: English as a Categorial Language 9. Some Parts of Speech 10. More Parts of Speech 11. Counter-dependence in English Part 4: English As A Natural Language 12. Words and Morphenes 13. Obtaining Natural Languages 14. Meaning and Use. Appendix I: Some Background Notions Appendix II: A Uniqueness Theorem

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cresswell, M. J. Cresswell, Max Cresswell, Cresswell M. J., Cresswell Max
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138686458
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68645-8
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy, Philosophy: logic