Philosophy of logic

Philosophy of logic / W.V. Quine.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [1986]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Logic.
Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Meaning and Truth. Objection to propositions
  • - Propositions as information
  • - Diffuseness of empirical meaning
  • - Propositions dismissed
  • - Truth and semantic ascent
  • - Tokens and eternal sentences
  • -- II. Grammar. Grammar by recursion
  • - Categories
  • - Immanence and transcendence
  • - Grammarianʹs goal reexamined
  • - Logical grammar
  • - Redundant devices
  • - Names and functors
  • - Lexicon, particle, and name
  • - Criterion of lexicon
  • - Time, events, adverbs
  • - Attitudes and modality
  • -- III. Truth. Truth and satisfaction
  • - Satisfaction by sequences
  • - Tarskiʹs definition of truth
  • - Paradox in the object language
  • - Resolution in set theory
  • -- IV. Logical Truth. In terms of structure
  • - In terms of substitution
  • - In terms of models
  • - Adequacy of substitution
  • - Saving on sets
  • - In terms of proof
  • - In terms of grammar
  • -- V. The Scope of Logic. Affinities of identity
  • - Identity reduced
  • - Set theory
  • - Set theory in sheepʹs clothing
  • - Logic in wolfʹs clothing
  • - Scope of the virtual theory
  • - Simulated class quantification
  • - Other simulated quantification
  • - Annexes
  • -- VI. Deviant Logics. Change of logic, change of subject
  • - Logic in translation
  • - Law of excluded middle
  • - Debate about the dichotomy
  • - Intuitionism
  • - Branched quantifiers
  • - Substitutional quantification
  • - Its strength
  • -- VII. The Ground of Logical Truth. The semblance of a theory
  • - An untenable dualism
  • - The place of logic.

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