The genealogy of disjunction / R.E. Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, R. E. (Raymond Earl), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disjunction (Logic).

Or (The English word).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study of the English word and the logical operators variously proposed to present its meaning. It examines the textbook myths that have clouded our understanding of "logical" vocabulary, and considers the historical conceptions of disjunction and its place in logic from ancient times.

Contents:

1. Introduction. 1.1. Preliminaries. 1.2. Introduction to 'Or'

2. What Does Disjunction do? 2.1. The Puzzle according to Russell. 2.2. Grice's Go. 2.3. Antecedents of Russell's Formulation. 2.4. Logic, Language, and History

3. The First Myth of 'Or'. 3.1. Modern Sources. 3.2. The Sign of the Beast. 3.3. An Historical Interlude: Boole's Rule

4. The Puzzle about 'Or'. 4.1. Conjunctive 'Or'. 4.2. Attempted Solutions. 4.3. The Larger Picture

5. Logic and Punctuation. 5.1. Natural Logics. 5.2. Natural Deontic Logic. 5.3. Unnaturalness Elsewhere. 5.4. The Punctuationist Account. 5.5. Arrogative 'Or'

6. General Noun Phrases. 6.1. 'Or' and Quantification. 6.2. Some Modern Sources. 6.3. Experiments. 6.4. Is 'Any' a Quantifier?

7. Form and Meaning. 7.1. Scope and Form. 7.2. Form and Meaning. 7.3. Heteronomy and Discontinuous Syntax

8. 'Or' in Opaque Contexts. 8.1. Undistributive Or-lists. 8.2. The Propositional Gloss on Opacity

9. The Second Myth of 'Or'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-337) and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-280-44240-9

0-19-536055-9

1-4237-6474-9

OCLC:

476013445