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.
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. Semantics (Philosophy).