Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century PhilosophyRichard Gaskin Routledge, 15.04.2013 - 272 Seiten 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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... example, the Russellian proposition corresponding to the sentence 'Socrates is wise' would be the pair 〈Socrates, wisdom〉. It is often held that we may, without undue anachronism, construe Russell's 1903 position as involving the ...
... example, the Russellian proposition corresponding to the sentence 'Socrates is wise' would be the pair 〈Socrates, wisdom〉. It is often held that we may, without undue anachronism, construe Russell's 1903 position as involving the ...
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... example, while we may for some purposes wish to say that the proposition (and fact) that Hesperus is Phosphorus is a different proposition (fact) from the proposition (fact) that Hesperus is Hesperus (here identifying the propositions ...
... example, while we may for some purposes wish to say that the proposition (and fact) that Hesperus is Phosphorus is a different proposition (fact) from the proposition (fact) that Hesperus is Hesperus (here identifying the propositions ...
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... example I have just given we have to do with a quite general truth about proper names, the fact that, as Gareth Evans put it, 'the single main requirement for understanding a use of a proper name is that one think of the referent' (1982 ...
... example I have just given we have to do with a quite general truth about proper names, the fact that, as Gareth Evans put it, 'the single main requirement for understanding a use of a proper name is that one think of the referent' (1982 ...
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... example objects (the referents of proper names) determine equivalence classes of proper names, the relevant equivalence relation being 'x has the same referent as y', where the variables range over (actual and possible) proper names ...
... example objects (the referents of proper names) determine equivalence classes of proper names, the relevant equivalence relation being 'x has the same referent as y', where the variables range over (actual and possible) proper names ...
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... example, though the argument is generalizable to all three columns.) Grasping a sense S is a matter of being acquainted with the object presented by S, call it 'O', in some particular way. Suppose now we identify O with a suitable ...
... example, though the argument is generalizable to all three columns.) Grasping a sense S is a matter of being acquainted with the object presented by S, call it 'O', in some particular way. Suppose now we identify O with a suitable ...
Inhalt
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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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