icon
Image from Google Jackets
Image from OpenLibrary

Metaphysics, mathematics, and meaning / Nathan Salmon.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Philosophical papers ; vol. 1 | Philosophical papers ; Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2005Description: (xiv, 419 pages)ISBN:
  • 0199281769
  • 0199284717
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 110 23 S172
Contents:
Part I. Ontology -- Existence (1987) -- Nonexistence (1998) -- Mythical objects (2002) -- Part II. Necessity -- modal logic Kalish-and-Montague style (1994u) -- Impossible Worlds (1984) -- An empire of thin air (1988) -- The logic of what might have been (1989) -- Part III. Identity -- The fact that X=Y (1987) -- This side of paradox (1993) -- Identity facts (2002) -- Personal identity : what's the problem? (1995u) -- Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics -- Wholes, parts, and numbers (1997) -- The limits of human mathematics (2001) -- Part V. Theory of meaning and reference -- On content (1992) -- On designating (1997u) -- A problem in the Frege-Church theory of sense and denotation (1993) -- The very possibility of language (2001) -- Tense and intension (2003) -- Pronouns as variables (2005).
Summary: 'Metaphysics, Mathematics and Meaning' brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence and fiction. He includes a previously unpublished essay and helpful new introduction to orient the reader.
Item type: كتاب
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

"Philosophical papers I."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-409) and index.

Part I. Ontology -- Existence (1987) -- Nonexistence (1998) -- Mythical objects (2002) -- Part II. Necessity -- modal logic Kalish-and-Montague style (1994u) -- Impossible Worlds (1984) -- An empire of thin air (1988) -- The logic of what might have been (1989) -- Part III. Identity -- The fact that X=Y (1987) -- This side of paradox (1993) -- Identity facts (2002) -- Personal identity : what's the problem? (1995u) -- Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics -- Wholes, parts, and numbers (1997) -- The limits of human mathematics (2001) -- Part V. Theory of meaning and reference -- On content (1992) -- On designating (1997u) -- A problem in the Frege-Church theory of sense and denotation (1993) -- The very possibility of language (2001) -- Tense and intension (2003) -- Pronouns as variables (2005).

'Metaphysics, Mathematics and Meaning' brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence and fiction. He includes a previously unpublished essay and helpful new introduction to orient the reader.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.