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Author Larrey, Philip, 1963-

Uniform Title Pensiero sulla logica. English
Title Thinking logically [electronic resource] : a historical critique of trends in contemporary philosophy of logic in the analytical tradition / Philip Larrey.

Imprint Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, Publishers, c2007.

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Description x, 107 p.
Series Contemporary European cultural studies
Contemporary European cultural studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-107).
Contents Introduction -- Presuppositions and other commitments : W.V.O. Quine -- Crucial importance of what is presupposed -- Quine and the utopia of extensionality -- Existence trumps ontological commitment -- Existence, theoretical constructs and common sense -- Conceptual schemes : Donald Davidson -- Historical survey -- Davidson's critique -- Truth makers -- Objective truth -- Interpretation and common sense : Richard Rorty -- After the linguistic turn -- Truth & intersubjective agreement -- Pre-philosophical convictions -- Realism and reticence : Hilary Putnam -- Analytic and post-analytic philosophy -- On the view from nowhere -- Internal realism with a capital R -- Concluding review -- Philosophy unbound -- The future of philosophy.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Analysis (Philosophy)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781888570809 (alk. paper)
1888570806 (alk. paper)

 
    
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