Meaning and Necessity - A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic

Carnap, Rudolf

ISBN 10: 144372534X / ISBN 13: 9781443725347

Published by Clarke Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Meaning and Necessity - A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic
• Publisher: Clarke Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144372534X
• ISBN 13: 9781443725347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The main purpose of this book is the development of a new method for the semantical analysis of meaning, that is, a new method for analyzing and describing the meanings of linguistic expressions. This method, called the method of extension and intension, is developed by modifying and extending certain customary concepts, especially those of class and property. The method will be contrasted with various other semantical methods used in traditional philosophy or by contemporary authors. These other methods have one characteristic in common. They all regard an expression in a language as a name of a concrete or abstract entity. In contradistinction, the method here proposed takes an expression, not as naming anything, but as possessing an intension and an extension. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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This book is valuable as expounding in full a theory of meaning that has its roots in the work of Frege and has been of the widest influence...The chief virtue of the book is its systematic character. From Frege to Quine most philosophical logicians have restricted themselves by piecemeal and local assaults on the problems involved. The book is marked by a genial tolerance. Carnap sees himself as proposing conventions rather than as asserting truths. However, he provides plenty of matter for argument.