Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

This volume covers a wide range of topics that fall under the 'philosophy of quantifiers', a philosophy that spans across multiple areas such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and even the history of philosophy. It discusses the import of quantifier variance in the model theory of mathematics. It advances an argument for the uniqueness of quantifier meaning in terms of Evert Beth’s notion of implicit definition and clarifies the oldest explicit formulation of quantifier variance: the one proposed by Rudolf Carnap. The volume further examines what it means that a quantifier can have multiple meanings and addresses how existential vagueness can induce vagueness in our modal notions. Finally, the book explores the role played by quantifiers with respect to various kinds of semantic paradoxes, the logicality issue, ontological commitment, and the behavior of quantifiers in intensional contexts.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Synthese Library, 373
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2015
Editors:	Alessandro Torza
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	526
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-37345-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-37345-5
Barcode:	9783319373454

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