Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical DictionaryHarvard University Press, 30. lip 2009. - Broj stranica: 262 The appellation polymath is often lightly bestowed, but it can be applied with confidence to the celebrated philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine. Quine's areas of interest are panoramic, as this lively book amply demonstrates. Moving from A (alphabet) to Z (zero), Quiddities roams through more than eighty topics, each providing a full measure of piquant thought, wordplay, and wisdom, couched in easy and elegant prose--Quine at his unbuttoned best, in Donald Davidson's words. Philosophy, language, and mathematics are the subjects most fully represented; tides of entries include belief, communication, free will, idiotisms, longitude and latitude, marks, prizes, Latin pronunciation, tolerance, trinity. Even the more technical entries are larded with homely lore, anecdote, and whimsical humor. Quiddities will be a treat for admirers of Quine and for others who like to think, who care about language, and who enjoy the free play of intellect on topics large and small. For this select audience, it is an ideal book for browsing. |
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Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary Willard Van Orman Quine Ograničeni pregled - 1987 |
Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary Willard Van Orman Quine Ograničeni pregled - 1987 |
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abstract objects adjective antipodal atoms belief binary called Cantor's Theorem century COMPLEX NUMBERS consonant contexts count decimal define denote discrete distinction elementary number theory English etymology example excluded middle expression feminine Fermat's Last Theorem Frege's French function further gender German Gödel Gödel numbers GÖDEL'S THEOREM grammatical Greek hinge idea identity IMPREDICATIVITY infinite inflection integers irrational Italian language Latin law of excluded less Liar Paradox mathematicians mathematics matter meaning membership condition natural numbers negative nominalist noun one's origin pair paraphrase Pegasus perhaps Peter Geach philosophical phonemes phrase plural positive integers PREDICATE LOGIC prefix pronoun properties quantification question quotation real numbers recursive definition redundancy reference relation Romance Romance languages Russell's Paradox semantic sense sentence set theory similar simply singular terms Snow is white sort specified square strings thing tion trait true or false truth variables verb vowel whole numbers word