Eva Picardi on Language, Analysis and History

The volume honours Eva Picardi – her philosophical views and interests, as well as her teaching – collecting eighteen essays, some by former students of hers, some by colleagues with whom she discussed and interacted. The themes of the volume encompass to

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Eva Picardi on Language, Analysis and History

Annalisa Coliva · Paolo Leonardi Sebastiano Moruzzi Editors

Eva Picardi on Language, Analysis and History

Editors Annalisa Coliva University of California Irvine Irvine, CA, USA Paolo Leonardi Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies University of Bologna Bologna, Italy

Sebastiano Moruzzi Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies University of Bologna Bologna, Italy

ISBN 978-3-319-95776-0 ISBN 978-3-319-95777-7  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95777-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018948815 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © A_Pobedimskiy. Getty Images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

Introduction 1 Annalisa Coliva, Paolo Leonardi and Sebastiano Moruzzi Part I  Themes from Frege Early Analytic Philosophy’s Austrian Dimensions 7 Kevin Mulligan Truth, Ascriptions of Truth, and Grounds of Truth Ascriptions 31 Wolfgang Künne The Names of the True 67 Paolo Leonardi Was Frege a Logicist for Arithmetic? 87 Marco Panza Logic as Science 113 Robert May

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Thin Reference, Metaontological Minimalism and Abstraction Principles: The Prospects for Tolerant Reductionism 161 Andrea Sereni A Context Principle for the Twenty-First Century 183 Fabrizio Cariani Slurs and Tone 205 Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone Refusing to Endorse: A Must Explanation for Pejoratives 219 Carlo Penco Fregean Presentationalism 241 Elisabetta Sacchi Part II  Themes from Davidson Agency Without Rationality 265 Lisa Bortolotti Reasons and Causes in Psychiatry: Ideas from Donald Davidson’s Work 281 Elisabetta Lalumera The Doxastic Zoo 297