The foundations of philosophical semantics / John L. Pollock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollock, John L., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although philosophical semantics has become both a discipline in its own right and the source of the analytic techniques used in the rest of philosophy, its foundations have themselves been problematic. To provide a unified account of the field, John L. Pollock discusses issues including the nature of possible worlds, modalities, counterfactuals, and causation.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Introduction

II. Sketch of a Theory of Language

III. Possible Worlds

IV. Counterfactuals

V. Causation

VI. Formal Semantics

References

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691629896

0691629897

9780691611860

0691611866

OCLC:

1016774159