ISBN:
9789401133463
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 335 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodolgy, and Philosophy of Science 216
Series Statement:
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 216
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Linguistics Philosophy
;
Humanities
;
Philosophy of mind
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
;
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Abstract:
Aspects of the Theory of Definition -- I / Preliminary Considerations -- Real and Nominal Definitions -- Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws -- II / Definitional Desiderata -- Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition -- Definition in a Quinean World -- III / Formal Developments -- Definitions and Definability -- Towards a General Theory of Identifiability -- IV / Epistemic Dimensions -- Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology -- Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality -- V / Specialized Conceptions -- Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions -- Inverted Definitions and Their Uses -- VI / Disciplinary Conceptions -- Definitions in Law -- Defining the Divine -- Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-3346-3
URL:
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