Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning: Philosophical Papers

By Nathan Salmon

Book Overview

Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning brings together Nathan Salmon's influential papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence, and fiction; modality and its logic; strict identity, including personal identity; numbers and numerical quantifiers; the philosophical significance of G del's Incompleteness theorems; and semantic content and designation. Including a previously unpublished essay and a helpful new introduction to orient the reader, the volume offers rich and varied sustenance for philosophers and logicians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199284717
• ISBN13: 9780199284719
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"