Assertion and conditionals
Auteur :
Appiah, Anthony
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521071291
Date de publication :
28 août 2008
Dimensions :
22,5 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
360 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.