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The logic of concept expansion /
"Scientists and mathematicians frequently describe the development of their field as a process that includes expansion of concepts. Logicians traditionally deny the possibility of conceptual expansion and the coherence of this description. Meir Buzaglo's innovative study proposes a way of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Historical background
- 2. Frege's opposition
- 3. The grammar of constraints
- 4. Expansions as rational procedures
- 5. Implications for concepts
- 6. From words to objects
- 7. Godel's argument
- 8. Implications for thoughts
- 9. "I was led astray by language"
- Epilogue: How do we go on from here?