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218 Book Reviews – Buchbesprechungen with.” (196–197) This may seem evident to Thomasson, but why should anybody with an opposite feeling about the ordinary talk about numbers agree? As mentioned in connection with several chapters of the book there is a large gap concerning the linguistic-philosophical foundations of both, the Easy Approach and some of the criticism towards other approaches. The application conditions represent just one (cluster of) concept(s) and compared to other concepts (!) it is rather clearly sketched. In contrast, the relation between reference and existence remains deeply enigmatic. Another example are the conditions for new concepts (and easy arguments) in chapter eight. – This decit of the book could be compensated for by a global reference to a thorough introduction to these issues, though a couple of chapters devoted solely to the linguistic- philosophical infrastructure might have served that purpose as well. As it stands the book cannot be considered self-contained. This also goes to show that with all these fundamental but extra-ontological issues left open the Easy Approach might not be as easy as one expects – though still easier than the demanding approaches. Despite the shortcomings and as pointed out above, the book is
History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis – Brill
Published: Apr 5, 2017
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