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Alfred Tarski: Philosophy of Language and Logic 1st ed. 2012 Edition
Author(s): Douglas Patterson (Author), Michael Beaney (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 1, 2012
- Edition: 1st ed. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349306738
- ISBN-13: 9781349306732
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
DOUGLAS PATTERSON is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. His previous publications include a collection of essays on Alfred Tarski, edited volumes on inconsistency theories of understanding and on whether understanding language is a kind of knowledge. He has also published numerous articles on the philosophy of language and philosophical logic.
