From a logical point of view; 9 logico-philosophical essays.

Convention I A Philosophical Study David Lewis Biackweli Publishers. xii I FOREWORD explicit conventions that were general enough to afford all logical truth, we would already have to use logic in reasoning from the. Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard.

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These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references—semantics. At the same time adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed.

These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references -- semantics. At the same time adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed. To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed?. From a Logical Point of View Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays, Second Revised.

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays by Willard Van Orman Quine 1,091 ratings, 4.14 average rating, 27 reviews From a Logical Point of View Quotes Showing 1-2 of 2 “As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ultimately, for predicting future experience in the light of past experience.

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Born in Akron, Ohio, Quine began his philosophical studies at Oberlin College in his native state. He later studied the foundations of mathematical logic with Alfred North Whitehead at Harvard University, where Quine himself became professor of philosophy in 1936. His contributions to the development of contemporary philosophy often involve subtle modification of the empiricist traditions of.

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From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays Harvard University Press, 1980. (ISBN 0674323505) Quine, Willard V. Set Theory and Its Logic Harvard University Press, 1969. (ISBN 0674802071) Quine, Willard Van Orman Mathematical Logic Harvard University Press, 1958.

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (widely abbreviated and cited as TLP) (Latin for Logical Philosophical Treatise or Treatise on Logic and Philosophy) is the only book-length philosophical work by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that was published during his lifetime.

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An ontological commitment refers to a relation between a language and certain objects postulated to be extant by that language. The 'existence' referred to need not be 'real', but exist only in a universe of discourse.As an example, legal systems use vocabulary referring to 'legal persons' that are collective entities that have rights.