Existence and the Particular Quantifier (Philosophical monographs) Unknown - 1978

US: Temple Univ Pr, 1979. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Philosophical monographs Black cloth boards with gilt titling on spine, lightly edgeworn at extremities and with light scratches on rear board. Front cover is embossed with publisher's emblem. Upper page edges are toned. Scarring to both pastedowns where bookplates removed; rear is pretty extensive. Binding is sound. Text is unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'There is a widespread view in philosophy that existence claims should be understood in terms of the logic of quantification. It is the purpose of this monograph to examine, criticize, and present alternatives to this view. I will try to show that linking existence and quantification has undesirable consequences for both logic and metaphysics. I begin by tracing the history of this treatment of existence from its inception in the work of Frege to its culmination in the writings of Quine. While doing this I note various claims about existence construed in this way, e.g., that… Leer más

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition, 1978. Hardcover, 189 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, light soiling or age-toning to the pages and page-edges, rubbing and some wear to the book's covers, no dust jacket. Errata on a label affixed to the front flyleaf.

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Philadelphia, PA.: Temple University Press, 1978. Classic text presents critical alternatives to the ideas of logic of quantification, including the undesirable consequences of linking existence and quantification for both logic and metaphysics. 189 pgs. Some rubbing to corners and lower edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.