Logical Properties: Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth

by Colin McGinn

Book Overview

Identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are vital concepts at the center of philosophy. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the nature of these concepts in an attempt to
define them according to preconceived ideas. Logical Properties aims to respect the ordinary ways we talk and think when we employ these concepts, while at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199262632
• ISBN13: 9780199262632
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"