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Author : Jakub Krzysztof Szymanik
Release : 2009
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Book Synopsis Quantifiers in Time and Space by : Jakub Krzysztof Szymanik
Download or read book Quantifiers in Time and Space written by Jakub Krzysztof Szymanik. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard L. Epstein
Release : 2022-09-13
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Time and Space in Formal Logic by : Richard L. Epstein
Download or read book Time and Space in Formal Logic written by Richard L. Epstein. This book was released on 2022-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and Space in Formal Logic begins with an analysis of assumptions about how logic and language relate. Then in the first section, times are taken to be established by true propositions, and those are related as before and after with temporal propositional connectives. In the second section, times are treated as things that can be picked out and counted, leading to a predicate logic that allows for quantification over times. In the third section, locations in space are also treated as things that can be picked out and counted, leading to a predicate logic that allows for quantification over both times and locations. Many applications of the formal systems to formalizing ordinary language propositions and inferences clarify better the assumptions we make in reasoning taking account of time and space by making those precise in the formal systems. Appendices on events, branching times, intentions, and descriptive names add to the scope of the work.
Author : Peter Gärdenfors
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Generalized Quantifiers by : Peter Gärdenfors
Download or read book Generalized Quantifiers written by Peter Gärdenfors. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some fifteen years ago, research on generalized quantifiers was con sidered to be a branch of mathematical logic, mainly carried out by mathematicians. Since then an increasing number of linguists and philosophers have become interested in exploring the relevance of general quantifiers for natural language as shown by the bibliography compiled for this volume. To a large extent, the new research has been inspired by Jon Barwise and Robin Cooper's path-breaking article "Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language" from 1981. A concrete sign of this development was the workshop on this topic at Lund University, May 9-11, 1985, which was organized by Robin Cooper, Elisabet Engdahl, and the present editor. All except two of the papers in this volume derive from that workshop. Jon Barwise's paper in the volume is different from the one he presented in connection with the workshop. Mats Rooth's contribution has been added because of its close relationship with the rest of the papers. The articles have been revised for publication here and the authors have commented on each other's contributions in order to integrate the collection. The organizers of the workshop gratefully acknowledge support from the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Philosophy and the Faculty of Humanities at Lund University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (through the Wallenberg Foundation), the Swedish Institute, and the Letterstedt Foundation.
Author : Barry Dainton
Release : 2016-04-15
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Time and Space by : Barry Dainton
Download or read book Time and Space written by Barry Dainton. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition (2001) of this title quickly established itself on courses on the philosophy of time and space. This fully revised and expanded new edition sees the addition of chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and dynamic time, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Surveying both historical debates and the ideas of modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way and is careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses.
Author : Phillip Turetzky
Release : 2002-01-22
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Time by : Phillip Turetzky
Download or read book Time written by Phillip Turetzky. This book was released on 2002-01-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time offers a comprehensive history of the philosophy of time in western philosophy from the Greeks through to the twentieth century. In the first half of the book, Philip Turetzky explores theories in ancient and modern philosophy chronologically: from Aristotle to Nietzsche. In the latter half, Turetzky describes the philosophy of time in three twentieth-century philosophical traditions: * analytic philosophy including philosophers such as McTaggart and Mellor * phenomenology Husserl and Heidegger * a distaff tradition which Turetzky identifies as including Bergson and Deleuze.
