Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language
This volume covers a wide range of topics that fall under the 'philosophy of quantifiers', a philosophy that spans across multiple areas such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and even the history of philosophy. It discusses the import of quantifi
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Alessandro Torza Editor
Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language
Synthese Library Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science Volume 373
Editor-in-Chief Otávio Bueno, University of Miami, Department of Philosophy, USA Editors Dirk van Dalen, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Theo A.F. Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Patrick Suppes, Stanford University, CA, USA Jan Wolenski, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6607
Alessandro Torza Editor
Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers: Themes in Logic, Metaphysics, and Language
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Editor Alessandro Torza Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM Circuito Mario de la Cueva, Ciudad Universitaria Del. Coyoacán, México D.F., Mexico
Synthese Library ISBN 978-3-319-18361-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18362-6
ISBN 978-3-319-18362-6 (eBook)
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Contents
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Introduction .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alessandro Torza
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Logical Constants
Which Quantifiers Are Logical? A Combined Semantical and Inferential Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solomon Feferman
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Implicit Definitions, Second-Order Quantifiers, and the Robustness of the Logical Operators .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arnold Koslow
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Quantifiers Are Logical Constants, but Onl
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