Contemporary analytic philosophy can generally be characterized by the following tendencies: commitment to first-order predicate logic as the only viable formal logic; rejection of correspondence theories of truth; a view of existence as something expressed by the existential quantifier; a metaphysics that doesn't give the world as a whole its due. This book seeks to offer an alternative analytic theory, one that provides a unified account of what there is, how we speak about it, the underlying logic of our language, how the truth of what we say is determined, and the central role of the real world in all of this. The result is a robust account of reality. The inspiration for many of the ideas that constitute this overall theory comes from such sources as Aristotle, Leibniz, Ryle, and Sommers.
| ISBN: | 9783110325126 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2011 |
| Author: | George Englebretsen |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 197 pages |
| Series: | Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of language Western philosophy from c 1800 Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology |
Contemporary analytic philosophy can generally be characterized by the following tendencies: commitment to first-order predicate logic as the only viable formal logic; rejection of correspondence theories of truth; a view of existence as something expressed by the existential quantifier; a metaphysics that doesn't give the world as a whole its due. This book seeks to offer an alternative analytic theory, one that provides a unified account of what there is, how we speak about it, the underlying logic of our language, how the truth of what we say is determined, and the central role of the real world in all of this.
Robust Reality features in the following genres: Philosophy of language, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
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Robust Reality was written by George Englebretsen and published by De Gruyter
Robust Reality has 197 pages
Yes it is part of Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis series
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