Metaphysics, mathematics, and meaning / Nathan Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Nathan U., 1951- author.

Series:

Salmon, Nathan U., 1951- Philosophical papers ; 1.

Philosophical papers ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 419 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Metaphysics, Mathematics and Meaning' brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence and fiction. He includes a previously unpublished essay and helpful new introduction to orient the reader.

Contents:

Part I. Ontology

Existence (1987)

Nonexistence (1998)

Mythical objects (2002)

Part II. Necessity

modal logic Kalish-and-Montague style (1994u)

Impossible Worlds (1984)

An empire of thin air (1988)

The logic of what might have been (1989)

Part III. Identity

The fact that X=Y (1987)

This side of paradox (1993)

Identity facts (2002)

Personal identity : what's the problem? (1995u)

Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics

Wholes, parts, and numbers (1997)

The limits of human mathematics (2001)

Part V. Theory of meaning and reference

On content (1992)

On designating (1997u)

A problem in the Frege-Church theory of sense and denotation (1993)

The very possibility of language (2001)

Tense and intension (2003)

Pronouns as variables (2005).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-409) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611198619

9780191603235

0191603236

9781435631496

1435631498

9781281198617

1281198617

9780191535949

019153594X

OCLC:

228146338