Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century PhilosophyRichard Gaskin Routledge, 2013 M04 15 - 272 pages This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. In the first half of the twentieth century, and in particular in the writings of Frege, Husserl, Russell, Carnap and Wittgenstein, there was sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar, and on the relevance of grammar to metaphysics, logic and science. |
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... false proposition, or can be counted as one, I call a term. . . . A man, a moment, a number, a class, a relation, a chimaera, or anything else that can be mentioned, is sure to be a term. (1903: 43) Russell's 1903 treatment of ...
... false proposition, or can be counted as one, I call a term. . . . A man, a moment, a number, a class, a relation, a chimaera, or anything else that can be mentioned, is sure to be a term. (1903: 43) Russell's 1903 treatment of ...
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... false) – exclusively to the level of sense. Now in the context of a distinction between sense and reference for names and predicates, this feature of the neo-Fregean economy cannot be justified. If objects and properties can be ...
... false) – exclusively to the level of sense. Now in the context of a distinction between sense and reference for names and predicates, this feature of the neo-Fregean economy cannot be justified. If objects and properties can be ...
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... false, whereas it ought (in normal circumstances) to be true. The second problem is that, although we have allowed that knowledge of the membership condition of a set is sufficient for acquaintance with that set, it would be quite ...
... false, whereas it ought (in normal circumstances) to be true. The second problem is that, although we have allowed that knowledge of the membership condition of a set is sufficient for acquaintance with that set, it would be quite ...
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... false. The false ones will be what Russell, using Meinongian terminology, called 'false objectives' (1994): they include entities like that Charles I died in his bed (viewed extensionally). It was Russell's subsequent horror of false ...
... false. The false ones will be what Russell, using Meinongian terminology, called 'false objectives' (1994): they include entities like that Charles I died in his bed (viewed extensionally). It was Russell's subsequent horror of false ...
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... false proposition as they are in a true one: for a false proposition is no less unified than a true one.43 Hence there must be something propositional in form at the level of reference corresponding to false sentences and false Thoughts ...
... false proposition as they are in a true one: for a false proposition is no less unified than a true one.43 Hence there must be something propositional in form at the level of reference corresponding to false sentences and false Thoughts ...
Contents
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1 Frege and the grammar of truth | 28 |
Husserls tactics of meaning | 54 |
3 Logical form general sentences and Russells path to On Denoting | 74 |
4 Grammar ontology and truth in Russell and Bradley | 116 |
5 A few more remarks on logical form | 142 |
6 Logical syntax in the Tractatus | 163 |
7 Wittgenstein on grammar meaning and essence | 182 |
8 Nonsense and necessity in Wittgensteins mature philosophy | 199 |
9 Carnaps logical syntax | 218 |
10 Heidegger and the grammar of being | 238 |
Index | 253 |
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accept acquainted analysis analytic analytic philosophy argued argument arithmetical atomic sentences Begriffsschrift Bertrand Russell Bradley Cambridge Carnap categorial grammar claim complex concept-word conceptual content constituents corresponding definite descriptions denoting concepts denoting phrases distinction Dummett entities essence example fact factual content false Frege Fregean G. E. M. Anscombe G. H. von Wright Geach given Gödel’s grammatical form grammatical subject green Heidegger hence Husserl Hylton intersubstitutability language system level of reference linguistic logical form logical subject logical syntax meaning meaningful Meinong metaphysics Moorean Russell negation nonsense notion noun phrase objects ostensive definition Oxford Philosophy predicate proper names propositional functions quantifier phrases question reality reject relation rules Russell holds Russell’s Russellian propositions semantic sense simple singular term Socrates surface form symbol syntactic theory of denoting theory of descriptions Theory of Types things thought tion Tractatus transparency thesis true truth truth-value understanding University Press verb Wittgenstein words