The limits of abstraction / Kit Fine.
| Author/creator | Fine, Kit |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | x, 203 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Philosophical Introduction -- Truth -- Definition -- Reconceptualization -- Foundations -- The Identity of Abstracts -- The Context Principle -- What is the Context Principle? -- Completeness -- The Caesar Problem -- Referential Determinacy -- Predicativity -- The Possible Predicative Content of Hume's Law -- The Analysis of Acceptability -- Language and Logic -- Models -- Preliminary Results -- Tenability -- Generation -- Categoricity -- Invariance -- Hyperinflation -- Internalized Proofs -- The General Theory of Abstraction -- The Systems -- Semantics -- Derivations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2002070134 |
| ISBN | 0199246181 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA8.4 .F56 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |