Ontological Economy: Substitutional Quantification and Mathematics

by Dale Gottlieb

Shows that when Qyuine's criterion of ontological commitment is modified to allow for the legitimacy of substitutional quantification, two consequences follow: (i) fundamental questions of ontology cease to be settled by mere appeal to logical form and truth, and (ii) a powerful method for reducing ontological commitments becomes available.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198244207
• ISBN13: 9780198244202
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.8"