Contingent A Priori Truths: Metaphysics, Semantics, Epistemology and Pragmatics - Couverture souple

Ruffino, Marco

 
9783030866242: Contingent A Priori Truths: Metaphysics, Semantics, Epistemology and Pragmatics
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ISBN 10 : 3030866246 ISBN 13 : 9783030866242
Editeur : Springer, 2023

Synopsis

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of contingent a priori truths. Building onto a theoretical framework developed by the philosopher and logician Saul Kripke, the author also presents a new approach to these truths.

The first part of the book details the many theories on contingent a priori truths. The coverage examines the cases of Kripke and David Kaplan, Donnellan and the de re requirement, Evans and weak contingency, as well as Plantinga, Salmon, Soames, and the pseudo a priori. Overall, it provides a systematic discussion and critical review of all these many positions.

Next, the author develops an alternative approach. His working hypothesis is that performative verbs must play a central role in Kripke’s examples, even if they do not show up at the surface structure of the corresponding sentences. This opens up an entirely new way of looking at Kripke’s cases and of treating them by exploring some aspects of the theory of illocutionary acts. His discussion also examines brute facts and institutional facts, indexicals and performatives, as well as Frege’s theory of definitions.

Providing an authoritative exploration into contingent a priori truths, this book will be of interest to students, academics, and researchers in philosophy and logic.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marco Ruffino is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. In philosophy from U.C.L.A. And an M.A. In logic and philosophy of science from the UNICAMP. He has several published articles on the philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language and history of analytic philosophy (especially Frege).

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3030866246
ISBN 13 
9783030866242
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
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