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This book will appeal to readers interested in analytic philosophy and its history. Avoiding mathematical detail and locating the relevant developments in their... Læs mere
This selection of John Burgess's essays addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and... Læs mere
Ellery Eells' original work examining theories of rational decision making continues to be illuminating for philosophers of science. Presented in a fresh... Læs mere
Ellery Eells' original work examining theories of rational decision making continues to be illuminating for philosophers of science. Presented in a fresh... Læs mere
This book places Quine's set theory, New Foundations, within its general philosophical and historical context and shows its relation to his other... Læs mere
Useful for undergraduate and graduate students of the philosophy of mind and language, the history of analytic philosophy and Quine... Læs mere
This important book proposes a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein. This book will... Læs mere
This important book proposes a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein. This book will... Læs mere
Provides philosophers, logicians, and historians with a full translation of Quine's 1942 Portuguese language book, making this crucial stage of his intellectual... Læs mere
W. V. Quine (1908-2000) was quite simply the most distinguished analytic philosopher of the later half of the twentieth century. His celebrated attack on the analytic/synthetic tradition heralded a major shift away from the views of language descended from logical positivism.
Rudolf Carnap is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. This book places his central ideas... Læs mere
Michael Devitt is a distinguished philosopher of language. In this book he takes up one of the most important difficulties that must be... Læs mere