Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives Editors (view affiliations) James H. FetzerDavid ShatzGeorge N. Schlesinger Book 20 Citations 14 Readers 1.3k Downloads Part of the Synthese Library book series (SYLI, volume 216)
Chapters Table of contents (14 chapters) About About this book Table of contents Search within book Front Matter Pages i-ix PDF Prologue Front Matter Pages 1-1 PDF Aspects of the Theory of Definition James H. Fetzer Pages 3-17 Preliminary Considerations Front Matter Pages 19-19 PDF Real and Nominal Definitions James Cargile Pages 21-50 Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws James H. Fetzer Pages 51-68 Definitional Desiderata Front Matter Pages 69-69 PDF Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition Roy Sorensen Pages 71-109 Definition in a Quinean World William G. Lycan Pages 111-131 Formal Developments Front Matter Pages 133-133 PDF Definitions and Definability Veikko Rantala Pages 135-159 Towards a General Theory of Identifiability Jaakko Hintikka Pages 161-183 Epistemic Dimensions Front Matter Pages 185-185 PDF Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology David Shatz Pages 187-202 Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality Steven Luper-Foy Pages 203-219 Specialized Conceptions Front Matter Pages 221-221 PDF Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions Alan Berger Pages 223-238 Inverted Definitions and Their Uses George N. Schlesinger Pages 239-250 Disciplinary Conceptions Front Matter Pages 251-251 PDF Definitions in Law Michael D. Bayles Pages 253-267 Defining the Divine Thomas V. Morris Pages 269-283 Epilogue Front Matter Pages 285-285 PDF Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense Michael Levin Pages 287-309 Back Matter Pages 311-334 PDF About this book Keywords concept epistemology physics rationality subject Editors and affiliations James H. Fetzer1David Shatz2George N. Schlesinger31.Department of PhilosophyUniversity of MinnesotaDuluthUSA2.Department of PhilosophyYeshiva UniversityNew YorkUSA3.Department of PhilosophyUniversity of North CarolinaChapel HillUSA Bibliographic information DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3346-3 Copyright Information Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991 Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht eBook Packages Springer Book Archive Print ISBN 978-94-010-5478-2 Online ISBN 978-94-011-3346-3 Buy this book on publisher's site Buy options