Logical properties : identity, existence, predication, necessity, truth / Colin McGinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGinn, Colin, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Predicate (Logic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 114 pages)

Other Title:

Identity, existence, predication, necessity, truth

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the nature of these concepts in an attempt to define them according to preconceived ideas. Logical Properties aims to respect the ordinary ways we talk and think when we employ theseconcepts, while at the same time showing that they are far more interesting and peculiar than some have supposed. There are r

Contents:

Contents; 1. Identity; 2. Existence; 3. Predication; 4. Necessity; 5. Truth; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-110) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-926263-2

1-281-94406-8

9786611944063

0-19-152923-0

OCLC:

310913273