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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...

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Main Author: Hieke, Alexander
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Leitgeb, Hannes
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2009.
Series:Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; n.s., v. 11.
Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society -- New Series (N.S.)
Subjects:
Logic > Congresses.
Reductionism > Congresses.
Abstraction > Congresses.
Analysis (Philosophy) > Congresses.
Réductionnisme > Congrès.
Abstraction > Congrès.
Philosophie analytique > Congrès.
Abstraction
Analysis (Philosophy)
Logic
Reductionism
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 domin.
Item Description:CONTEXTUALISM, RELATIVISM, AND FACTIVITY. ANALYZING 'KNOWLEDGE' AFTER THE NEW LINGUISTIC TURN IN EPISTEMOLOGY ELKE BRENDEL
Physical Description:1 online resource (432 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:3110328879
9783110328875