Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of Language and Logic

  • Douglas Patterson
Book

Part of the History of Analytic Philosophy book series (History of Analytic Philosophy)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 1-11
  3. Intuitionistic Formalism
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 12-52
  4. Tarski as Intuitionistic Formalist
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 53-83
  5. Semantics
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 84-107
  6. Truth
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 108-143
  7. Indefinability and Inconsistency
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 144-168
  8. Transitions: 1933–1935
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 169-180
  9. Logical Consequence
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 181-226
  10. Conclusion
    Douglas Patterson
    Pages 227-233
  11. Back Matter
    Pages 234-262
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About this book

Introduction

This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence.

Keywords

logic philosophy philosophy of language semantics

Authors and affiliations

  • Douglas Patterson
    • 1
  1. 1.University of PittsburghPittsburghUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367227
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-30673-2
  • Online ISBN 978-0-230-36722-7
  • About this book