Speakers can get to know the meaning of any of indefinitely many sentences that they have never heard before. This statement encapsulates the problem of linguistic creativity, which lies at the core of philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics. It has also sparked off a considerable amount of work on the philosophy of mind.
After establishing the failure of the familiar compositional approach to the problem, the book adopts a radically new start. It develops core elements of the later Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy, putting them to work todissolve' the problem, proving...

There are a great deal of books on introductory analysis in print today, many written by mathematicians of the first rank. The publication of another such book therefore warrants a defense. I have taught analysis for many years and have used a variety of texts during this time. These books were of excellent quality mathematically but did not satisfy the needs of the students I was teaching. They were written for mathematicians but not for those who were first aspiring to attain that status. The desire to fill this gap gave rise to the writing of this book. This book is intended to serve as a...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich VWL - Finanzwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Universitat Hamburg (Department fur Wirtschaft und Politik), Veranstaltung: Finanzwissenschaft, 66 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Angesichts der zugespitzten Finanzlage der offentlichen Haushalte auf Bundes-, Landes- und kommunaler Ebene wird zunehmend diskutiert wie eine hohe Qualitat der Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Daseinsvorsorge in Deutschland langfristig gesichert werden kann. Die hierzu erforderlichen Investitionen belaufen sich allen fur die Kommunen in den nachsten Jahren...