Absolute generality /
Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifiers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? It has commonly been thought that the question of absolute generality is intimately connected with the set-theoretic antinomies. But the topic of absolute generality h...
| Други автори: | Rayo, Agustin., Uzquiano, Gabriel. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford :
Clarendon Press,
2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=186615 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Absolute generality. |
| Резюме: |
Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifiers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? It has commonly been thought that the question of absolute generality is intimately connected with the set-theoretic antinomies. But the topic of absolute generality has enjoyed a surge of interest in recent years. It has become increasingly apparent that its ramifications extend well beyond the foundations of set theory. Connections include semantic indeterminacy, logical consequence, higher-order languages, and metaphysics. Rayo and Uzquiano present for the first time a collection of essays on absolute generality. These newly commissioned articles - written by an impressive array of international scholars - draw the reader into the forefront of contemporary research on the subject. The volume represents a variety of approaches to the problem, with some of the contributions arguing for the possibility of all-inclusive quantification and some of them arguing against it. An introduction by the editors draws a helpful map of the philosophical terrain. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (396 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191515347 0191515345 1280755326 9781280755323 |