The ways of paradox, and other essays / W. V. Quine.

Author: Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman)

Edition Statement:Rev. and enl. ed.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1976.

Descriptionx, 335 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:Ways of paradox -- On a supposed antimony -- Foundations of mathematics -- On the application of modern logic -- Homage to Rudolf Carnap -- Logic as a source of syntactical insights -- Vagaries of definition -- Linguistics and philosophy -- Limits of knowledge -- Necessary truth -- Truth by convention -- Carnap and logical truth -- Implicit definition sustained -- Mr. Strawson on logical theory -- Three grades of modal involvement -- Reply to Professor Marcus -- Quantifiers and propositional attitudes -- Logistical approach to the ontological problem -- On Carnap's views on ontology -- Ontological reduction and the world of numbers -- On mental entities -- Scope and language of science -- Posits and reality - tOn simple theories of a complex world -- On multiplying entities -- Ontological remarks on the propositional calculus -- Variable -- Algebraic logic and predicate functors -- Truth and disquotation.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. [323]-328.

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