Books written by William Demopoulos

Logicism and Its Philosophical Legacy

Newman's criticism can be expressed very simply within an elementary model-theoretic framework. ... appears in van Benthem (1978) as Lemma 3.2: For any Lo-structure M, if M is a model of the Lo-consequences of T, then there exists an L, ...
On Theories: Logical Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics

For any L o -structure M, if M is a model of the L o -consequences of T, then there exists an Lo -structure N such that N is a ... From Russell's letter to Newman of April 24, 1928, reprinted in volume 2 of his Autobiography (1968, pp.
On Theories: Logical Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics

Demopoulos extends this account to offer novel insights into the distinctive nature of quantum reality, where a logico-mathematical reconstruction of Bohrian complementarity meets John Stewart Bell’s empirical analysis of Einstein’s ...
Learnability and Linguistic Theory

The editors would like to thank the publishers for permission to reprint these papers. Mr. Marin Marinov assisted with the preparation of the indices for the volume. VB ROBERT 1. MATTHEWS INTRODUCTION: LEARNABILITY AND LINGUISTIC THEORY 1.
Frege's Philosophy of Mathematics

This collection of essays addresses three main developments in recent work on Frege's philosophy of mathematics: the emerging interest in the intellectual background to his logicism; the rediscovery of Frege's theorem; and the reevaluation ...