New essays on Tarski and philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas Patterson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Disciplina: 510.1
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - Philosophy; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical - Philosophy
• Altri autori: PattersonDouglas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Tarski and his Polish Predecessors on Truth; 3 Polish Axiomatics and its Truth: On Tarski's Leśniewskian Background and the Ajdukiewicz Connection; 4 Tarski's Conceptual Analysis of Semantical Notions; 5 Tarski's Theory of Definition; 6 Tarski's Convention T and the Concept of Truth; 7 Tarski's Conception of Meaning; 8 Tarski, Neurath, and Kokoszyńska on the Semantic Conception of Truth; 9 Tarski's Nominalism; 10 Truth, Meaning, and Translation; 11 Reflections on Consequence; 12 Tarski's Thesis ; 13 Are There Model-Theoretic Logical Truths that are not Logically True?14 Truth on a Tight Budget: Tarski and Nominalism; 15 Alternative Logics and the Role of Truth in the Interpretation of Languages; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume shows the way to a proper understanding of the philosophical legacy of the great logician, mathematician, and philosopher Alfred Tarski (1902-1983). An international group of scholars examine the historical context of Tarski's work, his philosophical development, and his influence on philosophy of language and logic. - ;Tarski and Philosophy aims to show the way to a proper understanding of the philosophical legacy of the great logician, mathematician, and philosopher Alfred Tarski (1902-1983). The contributors are an international group of scholars, some expert in the historical b
• Titolo autorizzato: New essays on Tarski and philosophy
• ISBN: 0-19-160883-1; 1-281-82563-8; 9786611825638; 0-19-155907-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824439703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II