Necessary factual truth

Gregory M. Browne

In this book Gregory Browne rejects the views of David Hume and the Logical Positivists, and argues that there are necessary factual truths, which include a wide range of truths from many fields of knowledge. Browne argues for the necessity of Newton's Laws and truths about natural kinds, and for the factuality of definitional truths and truths of logic and mathematics. Browne synthesizes the work of Kripke, Putnam, Quine and others, but goes beyond the usual discussions of the meanings and definitions of terms to discuss the references of various kinds of terms, and specifically to develop a theory of kinds, distinguishing 'Deep Kinds' (roughly, natural kinds) and 'Shallow Kinds' (e.g., triangles, bachelors). His theory of Deep Kinds does not accept all of the assumptions commonly associated wtih a theory of natural kinds.

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[目次]

  • Chapter 1 Preface
  • Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Principal Grounds for the Denial of Necessary Factual Truths Chapter 4 Preliminaries: Terms, References, Concepts, Meanings, and Declaratives Chapter 5 Categories and Classes Chapter 6 Necessity Chapter 7 Narrow Classes and Wide Classes (KINDS) Chapter 8 Causality Chapter 9 Depth and Shallowness Chapter 10 A Comparison of My Theory to Other Theories Having Implications for Deep Kinds Chapter 11 Introduction to Necessary Truths about Shallow Kinds Chapter 12 Against Mentalistic and Linguistic Interpretations of Shallow Kind Truths Chapter 13 On Other Grounds for Believing in the Non-Factuality of Shallow Kind Truths Chapter 14 On Other Grounds for Believing in the Non-Factuality of Necessary Truths Chapter 15 The Necessity of Shallow Kind Truths Chapter 16 The Necessity of Newton's Three Axioms of Motion Chapter 17 Index

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書名 Necessary factual truth
著作者等 Browne Gregory M.
Browne Gregory Michael
出版元 University Press of America
刊行年月 c2001
ページ数 xxii, 388 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0761818863
NCID BA61812863
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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