Definitions and definability : philosophical perspectives

Author(s)

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

Bibliographic Information

Definitions and definability : philosophical perspectives

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

（Synthese library, v. 216）

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1991

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BA1242836X
• ISBN:
  • 0792310462
• LCCN: 90021983
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Dordrecht
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 323 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BC199.D4
  • DC20 : 160
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Definition (Logic)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00017801