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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828836503321

Autore

Larrey Philip <1963->

Titolo

Thinking logically : a historical critique of trends in contemporary philosophy of logic in the analytical tradition / / Philip Larrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aurora, Colo., : Davies Group, Publishers, c2007

ISBN

1-935790-40-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Collana

Contemporary European cultural studies

Disciplina

146/.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-107).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Presuppositions and other commitments : W.V.O. Quine --  Crucial importance of what is presupposed --  Quine and the utopia of extensionality -- Existence trumps ontological commitment --  Existence, theoretical constructs and common sense -- Conceptual schemes : Donald Davidson --  Historical survey -- Davidson's critique -- Truth makers -- Objective truth -- Interpretation and common sense : Richard Rorty --  After the linguistic turn -- Truth & intersubjective agreement -- Pre-philosophical convictions -- Realism and reticence : Hilary Putnam --  Analytic and post-analytic philosophy -- On the view from nowhere --  Internal realism with a capital R -- Concluding review -- Philosophy unbound --  The future of philosophy.