The logic of concept expansion /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buzaglo, Meir, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Logic.
Concepts.
Logic
Logique.
logic.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
Concepts
Begriff
Mathematische Logik
Concepten.
Uitbreidingen.
Logique mathématique.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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