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Metaphysics, mathematics, and meaning /

'Metaphysics, Mathematics and Meaning' brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence and fiction. He includes a previously unpublished essay and helpful new introduction to orient the reader.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salmon, Nathan U., 1951-
Autor Corporativo: Oxford University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Salmon, Nathan U., 1951- Philosophical papers ; 1.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Ontology
  • Existence (1987)
  • Nonexistence (1998)
  • Mythical objects (2002)
  • Part II. Necessity
  • modal logic Kalish-and-Montague style (1994u)
  • Impossible Worlds (1984)
  • An empire of thin air (1988)
  • The logic of what might have been (1989)
  • Part III. Identity
  • The fact that X=Y (1987)
  • This side of paradox (1993)
  • Identity facts (2002)
  • Personal identity : what's the problem? (1995u)
  • Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics
  • Wholes, parts, and numbers (1997)
  • The limits of human mathematics (2001)
  • Part V. Theory of meaning and reference
  • On content (1992)
  • On designating (1997u)
  • A problem in the Frege-Church theory of sense and denotation (1993)
  • The very possibility of language (2001)
  • Tense and intension (2003)
  • Pronouns as variables (2005).