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Reduction, abstraction, analysis /
Philosophers often have tried to either reduce ""disagreeable"" objects or concepts to (more) acceptable objects or concepts. Reduction is regarded attractive by those who subscribe to an ideal of ontological parsimony. But the topic is not just restricted to traditional metaphys...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2009.
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| Colección: | Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ;
n.s., v. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Philosophers often have tried to either reduce ""disagreeable"" objects or concepts to (more) acceptable objects or concepts. Reduction is regarded attractive by those who subscribe to an ideal of ontological parsimony. But the topic is not just restricted to traditional metaphysics or ontology. In the philosophy of mathematics, abstraction principles, such as Hume's principle, have been suggested to support a reconstruction of mathematics by logical means only. In the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, the logical analysis of language has long been regarded to be the domina. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (416 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110328875 3110328879 3868380477 9783868380477 3110328577 9783110328578 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |