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Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and QuantifiersAlessandro Torza

Quantifiers, Quantifiers, and Quantifiers

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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 quantifier variance in the model theory of mathematics. It advances an argument for the uniqueness of quantifier meaning in terms of Evert Beth's notion of implicit definition, and clarifies the oldest explicit formulation of quantifier variance: the one proposed by Rudolf Carnap. The volume further examines what it means that a quantifier can have…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · German · 2016
    Springer · 534 pages · 9783319373454
  • Hardcover · German · 2015
    Springer · 526 pages · 9783319183619
  • Other · German · 2015
    Springer London, Limited · 9783319183626
Grammar, comparative and generalLogic, symbolic and mathematicalLanguage and logicComparative and general GrammarQuantifiersSymbolic and mathematical LogicPhilosophyTheory of Knowledge