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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... thing, Aristotle's Categories and the rich tradition of commentary and reflection which it generated produced a number of quite sophisticated approaches to them, such as Ockham's subtle and highly influential defence of a stripped-down ...
... thing, Aristotle's Categories and the rich tradition of commentary and reflection which it generated produced a number of quite sophisticated approaches to them, such as Ockham's subtle and highly influential defence of a stripped-down ...
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... things was not an entirely new departure in the history of philosophy. Russell himself traced his view back to G. E. Moore's 1899 paper 'The Nature of Judgment', though he also indicated that he thought there were important differences ...
... things was not an entirely new departure in the history of philosophy. Russell himself traced his view back to G. E. Moore's 1899 paper 'The Nature of Judgment', though he also indicated that he thought there were important differences ...
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... is close to, but not quite the same as, Frege's historical position. McDowell identifies propositions – the things which, if true, are facts – with Fregean Thoughts. But there is no suggestion that these items belong to a 'third.
... is close to, but not quite the same as, Frege's historical position. McDowell identifies propositions – the things which, if true, are facts – with Fregean Thoughts. But there is no suggestion that these items belong to a 'third.
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... thing one can think (e.g. that Spring has begun) is the sort of thing that can be the case (1994: 27). That yields either an ... things that are the case, as thoughts in that sense – the thinkables that are the case. (1994: 179) Now the ...
... thing one can think (e.g. that Spring has begun) is the sort of thing that can be the case (1994: 27). That yields either an ... things that are the case, as thoughts in that sense – the thinkables that are the case. (1994: 179) Now the ...
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... thing. Intersubstitutability (in some contexts) salva veritate we may regard as a function of co-referentiality and appropriate semantic category, not merely of the former. Declarative sentences and purportedly co-referential names ...
... thing. Intersubstitutability (in some contexts) salva veritate we may regard as a function of co-referentiality and appropriate semantic category, not merely of the former. Declarative sentences and purportedly co-referential names ...
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