Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives

J.H. Fetzer, D. Shatz, G. Schlesinger (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

334 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-010-5478-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Reihe/Serie	Synthese Library ; 216
Zusatzinfo	IX, 334 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	94-010-5478-9 / 9401054789
ISBN-13	978-94-010-5478-2 / 9789401054782
Zustand	Neuware