Essays in Linguistic Ontology

by Jack Kaminsky

"Metaphysical questions relating to what ex­ists do not seem to fade away" notes Jack Kaminsky in this book, which takes as its starting point the Quinian view that we de­termine what exists by means of the formal systems we construct to explain the world.

This starting point, Kaminsky points out, is not novel; philosophers have often tried to construct formal systems, and from these systems they have been able to deduce what can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809310449
• ISBN13: 9780809310449
• Release Date: April 1982
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"