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From a Logical Point of View : Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, Second Revised Edition by W. V. Quine (1980, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674323513
ISBN-139780674323513
eBay Product ID (ePID)894172
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFrom a Logical Point of View : Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, Second Revised Edition
SubjectGeneral, Aesthetics, Logic
Publication Year1980
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorW. V. Quine
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN61-015277
ReviewsProfessor 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., 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.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal160
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentI. On what there is II. Two dogmas of empiricism III. The problem of meaning in linguistics IV. Identity, ostension, and hypostasis V. New foundations for mathematical logic VI. Logic and the reification of universals VII. Notes on the theory of reference VIII. Reference and modality IX. Meaning and existential inference Origins of the essays Bibliographical references Index
SynopsisThese 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., 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.
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