Shadows of Syntax: Revitalizing Logical and Mathematical Conventionalism

by Jared Warren

What is the source of logical and mathematical truth? This volume revitalizes conventionalism as an answer to this question. Conventionalism takes logical and mathematical truth to have their source in linguistic conventions. This was an extremely popular view in the early 20th century, but it was never worked out in detail and is now almost universally rejected in mainstream philosophical circles. In Shadows of Syntax, Jared Warren offers the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190086157
• ISBN13: 9780190086152
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"