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Author:   Alessandro Torza
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Volume:   373
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   8.015kg
ISBN:  

9783319373454

ISBN 10:   3319373455
Pages:   526
Publication Date:   17 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Alessandro Torza.- Part 1. Logical Constants.- Which Quantifiers are Logical? A Combined Semantical and Inferential Criterion; Solomon Feferman.- Implicit Definitions, Second-Order Quantifiers, and the Robustness of the Logical Operators; Arnold Koslow.- Quantifiers are Logical Constants, but Only Ambiguously; Sun-Joo Shin.- Part 2. Semantics of Natural Language.- Conjunctive, Disjunctive, Negative Objects and Generalized Quantification; Ken Akiba.- Quantifiers and Referential Use; Mario Gómez-Torrente.- Quantification and Logical Form; Andrea Iacona.- Quantification with Intentional and with Intensional Verbs; Frederike Moltmann.- Part III The Carnap-Quine Legacy.- Life on the Range: Quine’s Thesis and Semantic Indeterminacy; G. Aldo Antonelli.- Chalmers, Quantifier Variance and Mathematicians’ Freedom; Sharon Berry.- “There Is an ‘Is’ in There Is”: Meinongian Quantification and Existence; Francesco Berto.- Qualifying Quantifying-in; Bjørn Jespersen.- Carnap, Quine, Quantification and Ontology; Gregory Lavers.- Quantifier Variance, Intensionality, and Metaphysical Merit; David Liebesman.- Part 4. Metaphysics and Ontology.- Making Quantified Truths True; Axel Arturo Barcelό Aspeitia.-Absolute Generality and Semantic Pessimism; J.P. Studd.- Necessarily Maybe. Quantifiers, Modality and Vagueness: Alessandro Torza.- What’s in a (Mental) Picture; Alberto Voltolini.- Part 5. Logical Systems.- Cross-World Identity, Temporal Quantifiers and the Question of Tensed Contents; Tero Tulenheimo.- What’s So Bad about Second-Order Logic?; Jason Turner.- ∀ and ω; Elia Zardini.

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Alessandro Torza received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University. He is currently an Associate Research Fellow at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He works in metaphysics and neighboring areas, especially the philosophy of logic and language.

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