Tome 1 Philosophie du langage, Logique philosophique / Volume 1 Philosophy of language, Philosophical logic

✍ Scribed by Guttorm Fløistad (auth.), Guttorm Fløistad, G. H. von Wright (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Series: La philosophie contemporaine: Chroniques nouvelles / Contemporary philosophy: A new survey 1
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The present publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chronicles, Philosophy in the Mid-Century (Firenze 1958/59) and Contemporary Philosophy (Firenze 1968), edited by Raymond KJibansky. As with the earlier series the present chronicles purport to give a survey of significant trends in contemporary philosophi­ cal discussion. The time space covered by the present series is (approximately) 1966-1978. The need for such surveys has, I believe, increased rather than decreased over the last years. The philosophical scene appears, for various reasons, more complex than ever before. The continuing process of specialization in most branches, the emergence of new schools of thought, particularly in philosophical logic and the philosophy of language, the convergence of interest (though not necessarily of opinion) of different traditions upon certain prob­ lems, and the increasing attention being paid to the history of philosophy in discussions of contemporary problems are the most important contributory factors. Surveys of the present kind are a valuable source of knowledge of this complexity and may as such be an assistance in renewing the understanding of one's own philosophical problems. The surveys, it is to be hoped, may also help to strengthen the Socratic element of modem philosophy, the dialogue or Kommu nikationsgemeinschajt. So far, four volumes have been prepared for the new series. The present chronicles in the Philosophy of Language and Philosophi­ cal Logic (Vol. I), are followed by chronicles in the Philosophy of Science (Vol. II), and Philosophy of Action (Vol.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-10
The place of the philosophy of language....Pages 11-34
The theory of meaning in analytical philosophy....Pages 35-56
Semantics: A revolt against Frege....Pages 57-82
Wittgenstein et la philosophie du langage....Pages 83-112
Richard Montague and the logical analysis of language....Pages 113-154
Constructing a pragmatic foundation for semantics....Pages 155-178
‘Logique herméneutique’?....Pages 179-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Introduction....Pages 227-233
Philosophical aspects of proof theory....Pages 235-277
Modal logic, modal semantics and their applications....Pages 279-298
Conditionals and possible worlds....Pages 299-335
Entailment and the disjunctive syllogism....Pages 337-366
Choice, chance, and credence....Pages 367-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-404

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Philosophy of Language