Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives

Herausgegeben von Fetzer, J. H.; Shatz, D.; Schlesinger, G.

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Synthese Library .216
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-010-5478-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9789401054782
• ISBN-10: 9401054789
• Artikelnr.: 37478022

Inhaltsangabe

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.