Presenting a selection of thirteen essays on various topics at the foundations of philosophy--one previously unpublished and eight accompanied by substantial new postscripts--this book offers outstanding insight on truth, meaning, and propositional attitudes; semantic indeterminacy and other kinds of "factual defectiveness;" and issues concerning objectivity, especially in mathematics and in epistemology. It will reward the attention of any philosopher interested in language, epistemology, or mathematics.
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Even the reader who is largely unsympathetic to Field's larger philosophical projects will almost invariably find his discussion of particular issues suggestive. Since the range of issues addressed is so extensive, this volume will be required reading for a large segment of the philosophical community. The Philosophical Review
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Hartry Field is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is author of Science Without Numbers (198?), which won the Lakatos/Matchette Prize, and Realism, Mathematics, and Modality (199?).
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This is a collection of Hartry Field's papers, and it contains every substantial thing he has written from the classical papers on Tarski's theory of truth and on mental representations to the late papers on the deflationary theory of truth - some of the papers appear here in revised versions. In addition, Field has written new comments on some of the papers, and - apart from giving helpful and updated clarifications - these comments shows clearly in which direction his thinking is heading at present. For anyone who is interested in contemporary philosophy and the latest development in truth theory, this is a must read. But don't worry; it is enjoyable stuff, especially if you appreciate Field's slightly arrogant and relaxed style.
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IN the early 1930s there was prevalent, among scientifically minded philosophers, the view that semantic notions such as the notions of truth and denotation were illegitimate: that they could or should not be incorporated into a scientific conception of the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pure disquotational truth, fullest theory, materialistically adequate account, plenitudinous platonism, interpersonal synonymy, nonfactualist view, basic inductive rule, denoted relativistic mass, factual defectiveness, purely disquotational sense, disquotational truth predicate, empirical luck, partial signification, purely disquotational notion, recognizable inconsistency, schematic variable approach, definitely operator, disquotational truth conditions, determinately operator, correlative indeterminacy, disquotation schema, materialistically acceptable account, disquotational reference, standard platonism, partial referents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Thought and Object: Essays on Intentionality by Andrew Woodfield in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics by Cynthia Macdonald in Front Matter
- Ontological Relativity by W. V. Quine in Back Matter
- The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge by Philip Kitcher in Back Matter
- Mind, Language and Reality (Philosophical Papers Vol 2, Hilary Putnam ) by Hilary Putnam in Back Matter
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- Theories of Truth (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Frederick F. Schmitt in Front Matter, page 293, and Back Matter
- The Law of Non-Contradiction by Graham Priest on page 216, and page 290
- Reflections on Meaning by Paul Horwich on page 56, and Back Matter
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