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Meaning and necessity : a study in semantics and modal logic /
Carnap, Rudolf
Meaning and necessity : a study in semantics and modal logic / Rudolf Carnap. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988. - viii, 258 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is valuable for presenting a comprehensive theory of meaning that traces its origins to the work of Frege and has had a broad influence. The book’s main strength lies in its systematic approach. Unlike most philosophical logicians from Frege to Quine, who have typically addressed the issues in a piecemeal and localized manner, this work offers a more unified perspective. It is characterized by a genial tolerance, with Carnap positioning himself as proposing conventions rather than asserting absolute truths, though he provides ample material for debate.
9780226093475
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Semantics (Philosophy).
100 / CAR
Meaning and necessity : a study in semantics and modal logic / Rudolf Carnap. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988. - viii, 258 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is valuable for presenting a comprehensive theory of meaning that traces its origins to the work of Frege and has had a broad influence. The book’s main strength lies in its systematic approach. Unlike most philosophical logicians from Frege to Quine, who have typically addressed the issues in a piecemeal and localized manner, this work offers a more unified perspective. It is characterized by a genial tolerance, with Carnap positioning himself as proposing conventions rather than asserting absolute truths, though he provides ample material for debate.
9780226093475
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Semantics (Philosophy).
100 / CAR