E-Book, Englisch, Band 216, 334 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Synthese Library
Fetzer / Shatz / Schlesinger Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-94-011-3346-3
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, Band 216, 334 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Synthese Library
ISBN: 978-94-011-3346-3
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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Weitere Infos & Material
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.