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Algebraic Semantics in Language and Philosophy

By Godehard Link

Book information

Publisher
CSLI Publications
Year
1998
ISBN
1575860910, 9781575860916, 1575860902, 9781575860909
LCC
P240.8 .L56 1998
Google Books ID
R9GZQgAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13292186 bytes)
Series
Center for the Study of Language and Information - CSLI Lecture Notes 74
Pages
434\434
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The philosophical approach of this volume is mainly structuralist, using logical tools to investigate the formal structure of various kinds of objects in our world, as characterised by language and as systematised by philosophy. This volume mainly analyses the structural properties of collections or pluralities (with applications to the philosophy of set theory), homogeneous objects like water, and the semantics and philosophy of events. This book thereby complements algebraic work that has been done on other philosophical entities, i.e. propositions, properties, relations, or situations. Located in the triangle of language, logic and philosophy, this volume is unique in combining the resources of different ?elds in an interdisciplinary enterprise. Half of the fourteen chapters of this volume are original papers, complementing the collection of the author's previously published essays on the subject.

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