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Nominalism and Contemporary Nominalism

Ontological and Epistemological Implications of the work of W.V.O. Quine and of N. Goodman

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  1. Mia Gosselin

    1. Belgium

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 215)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 1-4

  3. Nominalism and Constructivism

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 5-21

  4. Ontology and Epistemology from Empiricism to Conventionalism

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 22-39

  5. Logical Semantics and Ontology

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 40-58

  6. Linguistic Semantics

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 59-78

  7. The Individual Ontology and Ideology

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 79-108

  8. Particular and General

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 109-132

  9. Thought and Language Intentions and Intensions

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 133-180

  10. Nominalism, Empiricism and Conventionalism

    • Mia Gosselin
    Pages 181-211

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 212-260
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About this book

Though the subject of this work, "nominalism and contemporary nom­ inalism", is philosophical, it cannot be fully treated without relating it to data gathered from a great variety of domains, such as biology and more especially ethology, psychology, linguistics and neurobiology. The source of inspiration has been an academic work I wrote in order to obtain a postdoctoral degree, which is called in Belgium an "Aggregaat voor het Hoger Onderwijs" comparable to a "Habilitation" in Germany. I want to thank the National Fund of Scientific Research, which accorded me several grants and thereby enabled me to write the academic work in the first place and thereafter this book. I also want to thank Prof. SJ. Doorman (Technical University of Delft) and Prof. G. Nuchelmans (University of Leiden), who were members of the jury of the "Aggre­ gaatsthesis", presented to the Free University of Brussels in 1981 and who by their criticisms and suggestions encouraged me to write the present book, the core of which is constituted by the general ideas then formulated. I am further obliged to Mr. X, the referee who was asked by Jaakko Hintikka to read my work and who made a series of constructive remarks and recom­ mendations. My colleague Marc De Mey (University of Ghent) helped me greatly with the more formal aspects of my work and spent too much of his valuable time and energy to enable me to deliver a presentable copy. All remaining shortcomings are entirely my responsibility. I asked Prof.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Belgium

    Mia Gosselin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nominalism and Contemporary Nominalism

  • Book Subtitle: Ontological and Epistemological Implications of the work of W.V.O. Quine and of N. Goodman

  • Authors: Mia Gosselin

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2119-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0904-8Published: 31 October 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7453-7Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2119-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 260

  • Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Logic, Medieval Philosophy

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