Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning

Philosophical Papers
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-928176-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Selections from more than twenty years' work by a leading philosopher
- Salmon's essays have been influential across a wide range of topics

- Includes unpublished material and a brand-new introduction

Contents

- Introduction

- I. Ontology

- 1 Existence (1987)

- 2 Nonexistence (1998)

- 3 Mythical Objects (2002)

- II. Necessity

- 4 Modal Logic Kalish-and-Montague Style (1994)

- 5 Impossible Worlds (1984)

- 6 An Empire of Thin Air (1988)

- 7 The Logic of What Might Have Been (1989)

- III. Identity

- 8 The fact that x=y (1987)

- 9 This Side of Paradox (1993)

- 10 Identity Facts (2003)

- 11 Personal Identity: What's the Problem? (1995)

- IV. Philosophy of Mathematics

- 12 Wholes, Parts, and Numbers (1997)

- 13 The Limits of Human Mathematics (2001)

- V. Theory of Meaning and Reference

- 14 On Content (1992)

- 15 On Designating (1997)

- 16 A Problem in the Frege-Church Theory of Sense and Denotation (1993)

- 17 The Very Possibility of Language (2001)

- 18 Tense and Intension (2003)

- 19 Pronouns as Variables (2005)

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of philosophy, particularly those working on metaphysics, mathematics, and language, logicians, mathematicians, and linguists interested in philosophical questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salmon, Nathan U.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Salmon, University of California, Santa Barbara