New essays on Tarski and philosophy / edited by Douglas Patterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patterson, Douglas (Douglas Eden), editor.

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