Product Description: Why did Plato place mathematics at the heart of education for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has mathematics played such a central role in Western philosophy? And how do we acquire knowledge of necessary truths? The answers to such questions offered by distinguished scholars M...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this volume, five philosophers and a linguist debate issues which are of interest to anyone concerned with semantics and logical theory, whether they work in philosophy, logic, or linguistics. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)