The Foundations of Philosophical Semantics

by John L. Pollock

Book Overview

Although philosophical semantics has become both a discipline in its own right and the source of the analytic techniques used in the rest of philosophy, its foundations have themselves been problematic. To provide a unified account of the field, John L. Pollock discusses issues including the nature of possible worlds, modalities, counterfactuals, and causation. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691072833
• ISBN13: 9780691072838
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"