Absolute Generality - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199276439 ISBN 13: 9780199276431

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 2007

Riassunto

Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifiers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? It has commonly been thought that the question of absolute generality is intimately connected with the set-theoretic antinomies. But the topic of absolute generality has enjoyed a surge of interest in recent years. It has become increasingly apparent that its ramifications extend well beyond the foundations of set theory. Connections include semantic indeterminacy, logical consequence, higher-order languages, and metaphysics.

Rayo and Uzquiano present for the first time a collection of essays on absolute generality. These newly commissioned articles ― written by an impressive array of international scholars ― draw the reader into the forefront of contemporary research on the subject. The volume represents a variety of approaches to the problem, with some of the contributions arguing for the possibility of all-inclusive quantification and some of them arguing against it. An introduction by the editors draws a helpful map of the philosophical terrain.

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Recensione:

Rayo and Uzquiano have put together a fine collection of essays on this knotty issue.... The volume starts with a brief introduction by the editors, which nicely sets the scene. As one would expect from a bunch of logicians of this calibre, the essays are insightful, thought provoking, and often technically clever. (Graham Priest, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

L'autore:

Agustín Rayo is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Gabriel Uzquiano is at The Ohio State University.

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199276439
• ISBN 13: 9780199276431
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 408
• Redattore: Rayo Agust^D'in, Uzquiano Gabriel