Bolzano's conception of grounding
Dissertation, VU University of Amsterdam, 2013
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Frankfurt am Main
Vittorio Klostermann
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Studies in theoretical philosophy
vol. 5 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Dissertation, VU University of Amsterdam, 2013 Not all truths are on a par. The realm of truths is structured: some propositions are only true because others are. The relation that endows the realm of truths with this structure is often called grounding. Grounding has achieved much attention in 21st century metaphysics, but the topic is arguably as old as philosophy itself. This becomes apparent when investigating the works of the 19th-century philosopher Bernard Bolzano, who developed what is perhaps the first comprehensive theory of grounding, drawing on a rich tradition that goes back to Aristotle?s Posterior Analytics. Roski?s book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive study of Bolzano?s theory of grounding in its entirety, paying more attention than previous studies to the interaction between grounding and the consequence-relation of deducibility |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 257-266 Dissertation erschienen unter dem Titel: Bolzano's notion of grounding and the classical model of science |
| Beschreibung: | 269 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783465039716 978-3-465-03971-6 3465039718 3-465-03971-8 |