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Assertion and Conditionals

Assertion and Conditionals( )
Author: Appiah, Anthony
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Philosophy Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-07129-1
Publication Date:Aug 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $45.95
Book Description:

This book develops in detail the simple idea that assertion is the expression of belief. In it the author puts forward a version of 'probabilistic semantics' which acknowledges that we are not perfectly rational, and which offers a significant advance in generality on theories of meaning couched in terms of truth conditions.

Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / Epistemology
Psychology / General
Philosophy / General
Mathematics / Logic
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.2 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm
Book Weight:0.36 Kilograms
Author Biography
Appiah, Anthony (Author)
Kwame Anthony Appiah was born in 1954 in London and raised in Ghana. After graduating with a degree in philosophy from Cambridge University, he taught at Yale, Duke, and Cornell universities. He is currently a professor of Philosophy and African American Studies at Harvard University.

Appiah has written on such topics as language in Assertion and Conditional and For Truth in Semantics, and racial philosophy and identities in Color Conscious and In My Father's House. In addition to his scholarly publications, Appiah is the author of the popular Sir Patrick Scott Series of mysteries. In this series, which includes Avenging Angel and Another Death in Venice, Barrister Patrick Scott uses his intellectual skills to solve murders in a most British fashion.

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