Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Aspects of the Theory of Definition.
• I / Preliminary Considerations.
• Real and Nominal Definitions.
• Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws.
• II / Definitional Desiderata.
• Vagueness and the Desiderata for Definition.
• Definition in a Quinean World.
• III / Formal Developments.
• Definitions and Definability.
• Towards a General Theory of Identifiability.
• IV / Epistemic Dimensions.
• Epistemic Terms and the Aims of Epistemology.
• Rational Definitions and Defining Rationality.
• V / Specialized Conceptions.
• Idealized Definitions in Physics and Idealized Dispositions.
• Inverted Definitions and Their Uses.
• VI / Disciplinary Conceptions.
• Definitions in Law.
• Defining the Divine.
• Philosophical Analyses: An Explanation and Defense.
• Index of Names.
• Index of Subjects.