Free Downloads

Semantics And Necessary Truth

Hardcover: 456 pages

Publisher: Yale University Press; 1st edition (1958)

Language: English

ASIN: B0007DLUPE

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Best Sellers Rank: #1,397,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #61 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Analytic Philosophy

Arthur Pap's technical discussions mask a serious philosophical problem with ramifications far beyond the analytical. If there are absolute truths, how do we find them and how do we define them in such a way that shows we are not just making them up? His examination of logical empiricism is especially interesting because the empiricists were right to reject the metaphysics of past eras as incoherent speculations that resolved nothing and yet the empiricists also failed to resolve the question of what counts as a necessary truth even if limited to mathematical logic, mathematics and mathematical physics because the semantic interpretations reintroduce the metaphysical paradoxes that objectivists seek to banish. Written in 1958 Pap's book remains a difficult and challenging read but the rewards are many and thoughtful considered.

Semantics and Necessary Truth Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics Railroad Semantics: Better Living Through Graffiti & Train Hopping By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches and Writings) (Malcolm X speeches & writings) The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary LSAT Necessary: An LSAT Prep Test Guide for the Non-Logical Thinker Is Menstruation Necessary? Wherein it is shown that recurring crises of menstruation is a pathological not a healthful condition Prepper's Home Defense: Security Strategies to Protect Your Family by Any Means Necessary Necessary Theatre WRITING: The Overnight Best Seller: How to Write Your Bestselling Book in Only a Few Hours - No Experience Necessary HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion,” by Jay A. Conger) Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works The Truth about Alcohol (Truth about (Facts on File)) Finder Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder (Yaoi) (Finder: Truth in the Viewfinder) Who Is God? (And Can I Really Know Him?) -- Biblical Worldview of God and Truth (What We Believe, Volume 1) Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives Logic, Truth and Meaning: Writings of G.E.M. Anscombe (St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs)