Facing Facts

by Stephen Neale

Overview

Stephen Neale presents a powerful, original examination of a cornerstone of modern philosophy: the idea that our thoughts and utterances are representations of reality, that accurate or true representations are those that correspond to the facts. Facing Facts will be crucial to future work in metaphysics, logic, and the philosophy of mind and language, and will have profound implications far beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199247158
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/07/2002
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stephen Neale is Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface1. The End of Representation2. Davidson: Truth, Correspondence, Representation3. Frege: Composition, Reference, Truth4. Russell: Facts, Abbreviations, Descriptions5. Gödel: Facts and Descriptions6. Extensionality7. Principles of Inference8. Connective Proofs and Logical Equivalence9. Connective Proofs and Gödelian Equivalence10. Descriptions and Equivalence11. Facts RevisitedGlossaryReferences, Index

Editorial Reviews

"Neale's book is written with such thoroughness, clarity, and rigor...No one with an interest in intensionality or the semantics of descriptions will want to miss this book."—John MacFarlane, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"Neale's book is meticulous in its scholarship, compellingly written and rigorously argued...It demands to be read by anyone interested in slingshot arguments."—New Books

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