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Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of Language and Logic

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Douglas Patterson

    1. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: History of Analytic Philosophy (History of Analytic Philosophy)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 1-11

  3. Intuitionistic Formalism

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 12-52

  4. Tarski as Intuitionistic Formalist

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 53-83

  5. Semantics

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 84-107

  6. Truth

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 108-143

  7. Indefinability and Inconsistency

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 144-168

  8. Transitions: 1933–1935

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 169-180

  9. Logical Consequence

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 181-226

  10. Conclusion

    • Douglas Patterson
    Pages 227-233

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 234-262
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This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence.

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  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Douglas Patterson

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DOUGLAS PATTERSON is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. His previous publications include a collection of essays on Alfred Tarski, edited volumes on inconsistency theories of understanding and on whether understanding language is a kind of knowledge. He has also published numerous articles on the philosophy of language and philosophical logic.

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