Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
| |||
|
| |||
| W.V.O. Quine - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000), American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. His major works include From a Logical Point of View (1953) and Word and Object (1960). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic.
Standard data for cataloging: VIAF LCCN GND | |||
| Substitution: in a formula, a symbol can be substituted for another symbol under certain conditions. E.g. If a constant is substituted for a variable, a propositional function becomes a statement. See also Substitutability, Generality, Validity, Statements, Propositional functions, Fine-grained/coarse-grained._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
| Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandom, Robert | Substitution | Brandom | |
| Castaneda, Hector-Neri | Substitution | Castaneda | |
| Hintikka, Jaakko | Substitution | Hintikka | |
| Logic Texts | Substitution | Logic Texts | |
| Lyons, John | Substitution | Lyons | |
| Parfit, Derek | Substitution | Parfit | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Substitution | Quine | |
| Schiffer, Stephen | Substitution | Schiffer | |
| Thiel, Christian | Substitution | Thiel | |
| Tugendhat, E. | Substitution | Tugendhat | |
|
| |||
