Themes from Weir: A Celebration of the Philosophy of Alan Weir -

Themes from Weir: A Celebration of the Philosophy of Alan Weir

Buch | Hardcover
XIV, 378 Seiten
2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-54556-6 (ISBN)
117,69 inkl. MwSt

This book celebrates and explores some philosophical issues raised by the work of Alan Weir, who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Glasgow, having previously held positions at the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Queen's, Belfast. In a number of areas, Weir has elaborated strikingly original views which involve a radical departure from the mainstream. These include formalism in the philosophy of mathematics, and as well as naïve set theory, with a universal set, and a naïve theory of truth. In contrast to other contemporary defenders of the latter two theories, Weir rejects dialetheism and accepts classical rules for the logical connectives. He avoids contradictions by restricting certain structural inference rules, specifically some generalized versions of transitivity. In addition, Weir has developed radical versions of naturalism and physicalism (partly informed by his work on Quine) and perceptual realism. This collection includes contributions by a distinguished group of philosophers on Weir's philosophy, as well as a memoir and a new essay on the philosophy of mathematics by Weir himself.

Adam Rieger is also a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Glasgow. His main interests are in logic, the philosophy of mathematics and social choice theory, in particular paradoxes, set theory and non-standard voting methods.

Stephan Leuenberger is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.  His main research interests are in metaphysics, and in particular the application of formal methods to problems in modality, totality and metaphysical relations such as grounding.

Introduction: Themes from  Alan Weir (Stephan Leuenberger and Adam Rieger).- 1. Memoir (Alan Weir).- 2. Can Non-classical logic treat mathematics as exceptional? (Timothy Williamson).- 3. Indeterminacy and Non-classical Logic (Alan Weir).- 4. Neo-classical logic, cloisonnist vagueness, non-objectual truth (Elia Zardini).- 5. The Umpire's Dilemma and the Ashes of Realism (Neil Tennant).- 6. Abstraction and modest reflection (Roy T. Cook).- 7. Mass nouns and plural logic (Eric Snyder and Stewart Shapiro).- 8. Formal proof, informal proof, formalism, and fictionalism (Mary Leng).- 9. Mathematical naturalism and revisionism about mathematics (Marianna Antonutti Marfori).- 10. Perspectives on the Universe (Graham Priest).- 11. Elements of an alternative philosophy of set theory (Marcus Giaquinto).- 12. Eliminativism about Phenomenology (Graham Peebles).- 13. What is the skeptical solution? (Alexander Miller).- 14. Truthmaker Equivalence (Stephan Krämer).- 15. Scope and Probabilistic Reasoning:  A Semantical Resolution of the Two-Envelope Paradox (Gary Kemp).- 16. Representative Range Voting: How to Elect the First President of Scotland (Adam Rieger).- Bibliography of Alan Weir's Writings.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Synthese Library
Zusatzinfo XIV, 378 p. 37 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Logik / Mengenlehre
Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte Alan Weir • Alternative Logics • Formalism and philosophy • Mathematical Naturalism • Mereology • philosophy of mathematics • Plural logic • Sceptical solution
ISBN-10 3-031-54556-7 / 3031545567
ISBN-13 978-3-031-54556-6 / 9783031545566
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