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New Essays on Tarski and Philosophy : New Essays on Tarski and Philosophy.

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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patterson, Douglas (Douglas Eden)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Tarski and his Polish Predecessors on Truth; 3 Polish Axiomatics and its Truth: On Tarski's Lesniewskian 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 Kokoszynska 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.