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New essays on Tarski and philosophy / edited by Douglas Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tarski, Alfred, 1901-1983.
- Tarski, Alfred.
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical--Philosophy.
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 434 pages)
- Other Title:
- Tarski and philosophy
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Tarski and Philosophy' shows the way to a proper understanding of the philosophical legacy of the great logician, philosopher, and mathematician Alfred Tarski (1902-1983).
- Contents:
- Tarski and his Polish predecessors on truth / Roman Murawski and Jan Wolenski
- Polish axiomatics and its truth : On Tarski's Le[niewskian Background and the Ajdukiewicz / Arianna Betti
- Tarski's conceptual analysis of semantical notions / Solomon Feferman
- Tarski's theory of definition / Wilfrid Hodges
- Tarski's convention T and the concept of truth / Marian David
- Tarski's conception of meaning / Douglas Patterson
- Tarski, Neurath, and Kokoszynska on the semantic conception of truth / Paolo Mancosu
- Tarski's nominalism / Greg Frost-Arnold
- Truth, meaning, and translation / Panu Raatikainen
- Reflections on consequence / John Etchemendy
- Tarski's thesis / Gila Sher
- Are there model-theoretic logical truths that are not logically true? / Mario Gomez-Torrente
- Truth on a tight budget / Peter Simons
- Alternative logics and the role of truth in the interpretation of languages / Jody Azzouni.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-160883-1
- 1-281-82563-8
- 9786611825638
- 0-19-155907-5
- OCLC:
- 437093929
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