Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy

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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: proposition and world RICHARD GASKIN; Frege and the grammar of truth RICHARD MENDELSOHN; Categories, construction, and congruence: Husserl's tactics of meaning PETER SIMONS; Logical form, general sentences, and Russell's path to 'On Denoting' JAMES LEVINE; Grammar, ontology, and truth in Russell and Bradley STEWART CANDLISH; A few more remarks on logical form ALEX OLIVER; Logical syntax in the Tractatus IAN PROOPS; Wittgenstein on grammar, meaning, and essence BEDE RUNDLE.;This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. It looks at the sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar that was so evident at the beginning of the twentieth century. Book Cover Title Contents List of contributors Preface Introduction: proposition and world RICHARD GASKIN Frege and the grammar of truth RICHARD MENDELSOHN Categories, construction, and congruence: Husserl's tactics of meaning PETER SIMONS Logical form, general sentences, and Russell's path to 'On Denoting' JAMES LEVINE Grammar, ontology, and truth in Russell and Bradley STEWART CANDLISH A few more remarks on logical form ALEX OLIVER Logical syntax in the Tractatus IAN PROOPS Wittgenstein on grammar, meaning, and essence BEDE RUNDLE.