From a Logical Point of View, 3rd Edition
Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, Second Revised Edition
$45.93
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
15 May 1980
Summary
These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references—semantics. At the same time, adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed. To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed? And what considerations may suitably guide us in accepting or revising such ontological commitments? These are among the questions dealt with in this book, particular attention being devoted to the role of abstract entities in mathematics. There is speculation on the mechanism whereby objects of one sort or another come to be posited, a process in which the notion of identity plays an important part.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674323513 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674323513 |
| Author: | W.V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 15 May 1980 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 140mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
Professor Quine’s challenging and original views are here for the first time presented as a unity. The chief merit of the book is the heart-searching from which it arose and to which it will give rise. In vigour, conciseness, and clarity, it is characteristic of its author. * Oxford Magazine *
This volume of essays has a unity and bears throughout the imprint of Quine’s powerful and original mind. It is written with the felicity in the choice of words which makes everything that Quine writes a pleasure to read, and which ranks him among the best contemporary writers on abstract subjects. * Cambridge Review *
W.V. Quine
W. V. Quine was Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He authored twenty-one books, thirteen of which were published by Harvard University Press.
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