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Belief in propositions has had a long and distinguished history in analytic philosophy. Three of the founding fathers of analytic philosophy, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and G.E. Moore, believed in propositions. Many philosophers since then have shared this belief; and the belief is widely, tho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Summary: | Belief in propositions has had a long and distinguished history in analytic philosophy. Three of the founding fathers of analytic philosophy, Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and G.E. Moore, believed in propositions. Many philosophers since then have shared this belief; and the belief is widely, though certainly not universally, accepted among philosophers today. Among contemporary philosophers who believe in propositions, many, and perhaps even most, take them to be structuredentities with individuals, properties, and relations as constituents. For example, the proposition that Glenn loves T. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199226067 9780199226061 9780191527586 0191527580 9781435621855 1435621859 9780191710377 0191710377 |