
Our conception of logical space is the set of distinctions we use to navigate the world. In The Construction of Logical Space Agustín Rayo defends the idea that one's conception of logical space is shaped by one's acceptance or rejection of 'just is'-statements: statements like 'to be composed of water just is to be composed of H2O', or 'for the number of the dinosaurs to be zero just is for there to be no dinosaurs'. The resulting picture is used to articulate a conception of metaphysical possibility that does not depend on a reduction of the modal to the non-modal, and to develop a trivialist philosophy of mathematics, according to which the truths of pure mathematics have trivial truth-conditions.
This book investigates the nature of logical space and how our conceptual framework for navigating reality is constructed through the acceptance or rejection of 'just is'-statements. Agustín Rayo, a prominent philosopher of language and logic, utilizes a formal framework to argue that these specific identity statements define our ontological commitments. By analyzing the relationship between language and metaphysical possibility, the author proposes a non-reductive account of modality and a trivialist perspective on mathematical truths.
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Experts in analytic philosophy recognize this text as a significant contribution to contemporary debates on modality and the philosophy of mathematics. Readers frequently note the high level of technical density and the rigorous logical structure required to engage with the author's arguments.
Page Count:
241
Publication Date:
2013-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0191639605
ISBN-13:
9780191639609
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