Absolute Generality

by Agustín Rayo (Editor), Gabriel Uzquiano, Gabriel Uzquiano Cruz (Editor)

The problem of absolute generality has attracted much attention in recent philosophy. Agustin Rayo and Gabriel Uzquiano have assembled a distinguished team of contributors to write new essays on the topic. They investigate the question of whether it is possible to attain absolute generality in thought and language and the ramifications of this question in the philosophy of logic and mathematics.

Genres: Philosophy

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2006

Reviews

[Cain S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the essays are excellent, and some not so much. The essay by Rayo himself is excellent, and the book does a great job at unpacking the tractability of logical analysis from the perspective of absolutely generality. The editors themselves believe the very question to be in favour of the thesis that it is possible to achieve absolute generality, but they treat the contrary view fairly, and draw cautionary morals about the consequences of absolutely unrestricted quantification variously construed, and logical pluralism, for the view that absolutely generality of thought is impossible.