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Reference and Truth
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Denying Existence
From the true statement that Emma Bovary did not exist, does it follow that there was someone who did not exist? The first woman to be born in the 21st century does not yet exist, but is she as unreal as Emma Bovary? Chakrabarti (U. of Delhi) offers solutions to these and other singular existence negation problems. He suggests that the problems cannot be solved by distinguishing between full-blooded and nominal existence and that the attempt to find solutions involves us in a variety of language games. Name index only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Universals, Concepts and Qualities
Are there universal properties grounding our sense of resemblance or qualitative identity among a number of distinct things or events which appear to form a class, a type or a kind of some other sort? Do universals such as humanness, triangularity, or being an oak exist? Is being a laptop computer a universal which has only recently come into existence? Do predicate expressions, adjectives or abstract nouns refer to objective properties or cognitive contents called concepts? The problem of universals has been at the centre of ancient, medieval, Western and Indian metaphysics. After the logico-linguistic turn in philosophy, this problem re-surfaced in the discourse on the meaning of predicate...
Research in Progress
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Research in Progress
Vols. for 1977- consist of two parts: Chemistry, biological sciences, engineering sciences, metallurgy and materials science (issued in the spring); and Physics, electronics, mathematics, geosciences (issued in the fall).
Large Sample Methods in Statistics (1994)
This text bridges the gap between sound theoretcial developments and practical, fruitful methodology by providing solid justification for standard symptotic statistical methods. It contains a unified survey of standard large sample theory and provides access to more complex statistical models that arise in diverse practical applications.
India in the World of Physics
Contributed articles.
Cultural Foundations of Mathematics
The Volume Examines, In Depth, The Implications Of Indian History And Philosophy For Contemporary Mathematics And Science. The Conclusions Challenge Current Formal Mathematics And Its Basis In The Western Dogma That Deduction Is Infallible (Or That It Is Less Fallible Than Induction). The Development Of The Calculus In India, Over A Thousand Years, Is Exhaustively Documented In This Volume, Along With Novel Insights, And Is Related To The Key Sources Of Wealth-Monsoon-Dependent Agriculture And Navigation Required For Overseas Trade - And The Corresponding Requirement Of Timekeeping. Refecting The Usual Double Standard Of Evidence Used To Construct Eurocentric History, A Single, New Standard ...
