Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives

334 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Aspects of the Theory of Definition.- I / Preliminary Considerations.- Real and Nominal Definitions.- Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws.- II / Definitional Desiderata.- Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition.- Definition in a Quinean World.- III / Formal Developments.- Definitions and Definability.- Towards a General Theory of Identifiability.- IV / Epistemic Dimensions.- Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology.- Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality.- V / Specialized Conceptions.- Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions.- Inverted Definitions and Their Uses.- VI / Disciplinary Conceptions.- Definitions in Law.- Defining the Divine.- Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Sprachphilosophie
• ISBN: 9780792310464
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.1991
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: G. Schlesinger, J H Fetzer, D. Shatz