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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... language, including The Sea Battle and the Master Argument: Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future (Walter de Gruyter, 1995). Routledge studies in twentieth-century philosophy 1. The Story of Analytic.
... language, including The Sea Battle and the Master Argument: Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future (Walter de Gruyter, 1995). Routledge studies in twentieth-century philosophy 1. The Story of Analytic.
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Richard Gaskin. Routledge. studies. in. twentieth-century. philosophy. 1. The Story of Analytic Philosophy Plot and heroes Edited by Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar 2. Donald Davidson Truth, meaning and knowledge Edited by Urszula M. Zeglén 3 ...
Richard Gaskin. Routledge. studies. in. twentieth-century. philosophy. 1. The Story of Analytic Philosophy Plot and heroes Edited by Anat Biletzki and Anat Matar 2. Donald Davidson Truth, meaning and knowledge Edited by Urszula M. Zeglén 3 ...
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... analytic philosophy, but has also published papers on Bradley, Putnam, and Davidson. His articles include 'Acquaintance, Denoting Concepts, and Sense' (1998). Richard Mendelsohn is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New ...
... analytic philosophy, but has also published papers on Bradley, Putnam, and Davidson. His articles include 'Acquaintance, Denoting Concepts, and Sense' (1998). Richard Mendelsohn is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New ...
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... analytic truths (falsehoods), where it is a condition of understanding such statements that one know that they are true (false). But in the case of synthetic statements, such as our sample 'a is green', any such circularity certainly is ...
... analytic truths (falsehoods), where it is a condition of understanding such statements that one know that they are true (false). But in the case of synthetic statements, such as our sample 'a is green', any such circularity certainly is ...
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... Analytical Philosophy, Bristol: Thoemmes Press: 103–133. Carnap, R. (1998) Der Logische Aufbau der Welt, Hamburg: Felix Meiner. Davidson, D. (1984) Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation, Oxford: Clarendon Press. Davidson, D. (1990) ...
... Analytical Philosophy, Bristol: Thoemmes Press: 103–133. Carnap, R. (1998) Der Logische Aufbau der Welt, Hamburg: Felix Meiner. Davidson, D. (1984) Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation, Oxford: Clarendon Press. Davidson, D. (1990) ...
Contents
Frege and the grammar of truth | |
Husserls tactics of meaning | |
Logical form general sentences and Russells path to On Denoting | |
Grammar ontology and truth in Russell and Bradley | |
A few more remarks on logical form | |
Logical syntax in the Tractatus | |
Wittgenstein on grammar meaning and essence | |
Nonsense and necessity in Wittgensteins mature philosophy | |
Carnaps logical syntax | |
Heidegger and the grammar of being | |
Index | |
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accept acquainted analysis analytic analytic philosophy argued argument arithmetical atomic sentences Begriffsschrift Bertrand Russell Bradley Cambridge Candlish Carnap Carnapian intension categorial grammar claim complex concept-word conceptual content constituents corresponding declarative sentence definite descriptions denoting concepts denoting phrases distinction Dummett entities essence example fact factual content false formal Frege Fregean 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 definitions Oxford Philosophy predicate proper names propositional functions quantifier phrases question reality reject relation rules Russell holds Russell’s Russellian propositions semantic sense sense and reference singular term Socrates speak surface form symbol syntactic theory of denoting theory of descriptions Theory of Types things thought Tractatus transparency thesis true truth truth-value understanding University Press verb Wittgenstein words