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Thinking Logically : A Historical Critique of Trends in Contemporary Philosophy of Logic in the Analytical Tradition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Aurora : The Davies Group, Publishers, 2006Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (117 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781935790402
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thinking LogicallyDDC classification:
  • 146/.4
LOC classification:
  • B808.5 -- .L3713 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Presuppositions and other 'commitments': W. V. O. Quine -- 1 Crucial importance of 'what is presupposed' -- 2 Quine and the 'utopia' of extensionality -- 3 Existence trumps Ontological Commitment -- 4 Existence, Theoretical Constructs and Common Sense -- Chapter Two - Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson -- 5 Historical Survey -- 6 Davidson's Critique -- 7 Truth Makers -- 8 Objective Truth -- Chapter 3 - Interpretation and Common Sense: Richard Rorty -- 9 After the Linguistic Turn -- 10 Truth &amp -- Intersubjective Agreement -- 11 Pre-philosophical Convictions -- Chapter 4 - Realism and Reticence: Hilary Putnam -- 12 Analytic and Post-Analytic Philosophy -- 13 On 'The View from Nowhere' -- 14 Internal Realism with a capital 'R' -- Concluding Review -- 15 Philosophy unbound -- 16 The future of Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography*.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One - Presuppositions and other 'commitments': W. V. O. Quine -- 1 Crucial importance of 'what is presupposed' -- 2 Quine and the 'utopia' of extensionality -- 3 Existence trumps Ontological Commitment -- 4 Existence, Theoretical Constructs and Common Sense -- Chapter Two - Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson -- 5 Historical Survey -- 6 Davidson's Critique -- 7 Truth Makers -- 8 Objective Truth -- Chapter 3 - Interpretation and Common Sense: Richard Rorty -- 9 After the Linguistic Turn -- 10 Truth &amp -- Intersubjective Agreement -- 11 Pre-philosophical Convictions -- Chapter 4 - Realism and Reticence: Hilary Putnam -- 12 Analytic and Post-Analytic Philosophy -- 13 On 'The View from Nowhere' -- 14 Internal Realism with a capital 'R' -- Concluding Review -- 15 Philosophy unbound -- 16 The future of Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography*.

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