Reduction - Abstraction - Analysis. Proceedings of the 31th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg, 2008

• मुख्य लेखक: Hieke, Alexander (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Leitgeb, Hannes (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: De Gruyter 2009
• श्रृंखला: Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - New Series (N.S.)
• विषय: Philosophy
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 ontol...