Operators vs Quantifiers

Max Kölbel

ISBN 10: 103258095X / ISBN 13: 9781032580951

Published by Routledge, 2023

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this volume, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa.In logic and semantics there are two alternative tools that can be applied to many types of embedding phrases (modal, temporal, etc): the intensional operator approach and the variable binding approach. A rivalry between operators and quantifiers occurs in many areas of semantics: e.g. tense, modality, locational operators, epistemic modality. There are areas where the operator approach dominates, and areas where quantifiers prevail. Sometimes, as in the case of tense, roles have switched, and where one approach used to dominate, the other has taken over. This volume features contributions from leading experts in the field that examine the following questions:what exactly is at stake in a choice between the alternatives are there any principled reasons for deciding which approach to use in which case should we be purists and eliminate one approach completely in favour of the other Operators vs Quantifiers will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, linguistics, computer science and mathematics. This book was originally published as a special issue of Inquiry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Operators vs Quantifiers
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103258095X
• ISBN 13: 9781032580951
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 14D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams

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Synopsis

In this volume, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa.

In logic and semantics there are two alternative tools that can be applied to many types of embedding phrases (modal, temporal, etc): the intensional operator approach and the variable binding approach. A rivalry between operators and quantifiers occurs in many areas of semantics: e.g. tense, modality, locational operators, epistemic modality. There are areas where the operator approach dominates, and areas where quantifiers prevail. Sometimes, as in the case of tense, roles have switched, and where one approach used to dominate, the other has taken over. This volume features contributions from leading experts in the field that examine the following questions:

• what exactly is at stake in a choice between the alternatives?
• are there any principled reasons for deciding which approach to use in which case?
• should we be purists and eliminate one approach completely in favour of the other?

Operators vs Quantifiers will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, linguistics, computer science and mathematics. This book was originally published as a special issue of Inquiry.

About the Author

Max Kölbel is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria.

David Rey is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Universidad del Valle, Colombia.