Ontological Economy: Substitutional Quantification and Mathematics (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

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
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.6" x 5.6"