The Construction of Logical Space
Author:   Agustín Rayo (, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198747987


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 September 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Our conception of logical space is the set of distinctions we use to navigate the world. In The Construction of Logical Space Agustín Rayo defends the idea that one's conception of logical space is shaped by one's acceptance or rejection of 'just is'-statements: statements like 'to be composed of water just is to be composed of H2O', or 'for the number of the dinosaurs to be zero just is for there to be no dinosaurs'. The resulting picture is used to articulate a conception of metaphysical possibility that does not depend on a reduction of the modal to the non-modal, and to develop a trivialist philosophy of mathematics, according to which the truths of pure mathematics have trivial truth-conditions.

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Author:   Agustín Rayo (, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780198747987


ISBN 10:   0198747985
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I MAIN TEXTS 1: Language and Metaphysics 2: Logical Space 3: Mathematics 4: Cognitive Accomplishment in Logic and Mathematics II DETOURS 5: Possibility 6: A-worlds and the Dot-Notation 7: Paraphrase 8: Introducing Mathematical Vocabulary III APPENDICES A A Semantics for a Language with the Dot-Notation B If Lewis Can Say It, You Can Too C The Canonical Space of Worlds References Index

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`timely and provocative . . . The Construction of Logical Space makes a very important contribution . . . an attractively strong and simple metaphysical vision.' Cian Dorr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


Rayo's overall picture is alluring and brings plenty of interesting new material to the table... Sharon Berry, Mind timely and provocative...The Construction of Logical Space makes a very important contribution...an attractively strong and simple metaphysical vision. Cian Dorr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


timely and provocative ... The Construction of Logical Space makes a very important contribution ... an attractively strong and simple metaphysical vision. Cian Dorr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


Author Information

Agustín Rayo was born in Mexico City. He received his PhD in from MIT in 2001, and joined the faculty in 2005, after spending time at the University of St Andrews and the University of California at San Diego. His research lies at the intersection of the philosophy of logic and the philosophy of language.

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