Absolute Generality

408 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Logik
• ISBN: 9780199276431
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2006
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Herausgegeben von: Agustin Rayo, Gabriel Uzquiano