Definitions and definability : philosophical perspectives

著者

• Fetzer, James H.
• Shatz, David
• Schlesinger, George N.

書誌事項

Definitions and definability : philosophical perspectives

edited by James H. Fetzer, David Shatz, and George N. Schlesinger

（Synthese library, v. 216）

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1991

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

目次

Aspects of the Theory of Definition.- I / Preliminary Considerations.- Real and Nominal Definitions.- Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws.- II / Definitional Desiderata.- Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition.- Definition in a Quinean World.- III / Formal Developments.- Definitions and Definability.- Towards a General Theory of Identifiability.- IV / Epistemic Dimensions.- Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology.- Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality.- V / Specialized Conceptions.- Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions.- Inverted Definitions and Their Uses.- VI / Disciplinary Conceptions.- Definitions in Law.- Defining the Divine.- Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA1242836X
• ISBN:
  • 0792310462
• LCCN: 90021983
• 出版国コード: ne
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Dordrecht
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 323 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BC199.D4
  • DC20 : 160
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Definition (Logic)
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00017801