Philip Hugly, C. Sayward

Intensionality and Truth

An Essay on the Philosophy of A.N. Prior

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Produktbeschreibung

Prior's view on intensionality and truth is based on the principle that sentences never name, that what sentences say cannot be otherwise signified, that a sentence says what it says whatever the type of its occurrence, and that sentential quantification is neither eliminable, substitutional, nor referential. The text defends each of these principles.

Produktdetails

• Synthese Library .255
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-010-6617-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 711g
• ISBN-13: 9789401066174
• ISBN-10: 9401066175
• Artikelnr.: 36117381

Inhaltsangabe

I. Propositions.- Prior's Core Theory.- Is Prior A Nominalist?.- Prior On Truth - A First Look.- II. Comparisons.- Frege and Prior Onintensional Contexts.- Prior, Frege and Bealer On Types.- Fodor and Prior on Propositional Attitudes.- Davidson and Prior on Indirect Quotation.- Davidson on the Trviality of Truth.- Quine and Prior on Quantification.- III. Quantification and Generalization.- On Understanding Quantification.- A Problem for Prior.- A Possible Solution.- An Alternative Approach.- A Model Theory For Sentential Quantification.- IV. Truth.- Priors Theory Of Truth and Falsehood.- Non-Objective Truth.- Truth Value Gaps and Truth.- Notes.- References.- Name Index.