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

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...

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Auteur principal: Hieke, Alexander (auth)
Autres auteurs: Leitgeb, Hannes (auth)
Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
Langue:anglais
Publié: De Gruyter 2009
Collection:Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - New Series (N.S.)
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Résumé: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 dominating paradigm, and liberalized projects of logical reconstruction remain to be driving forces of modern philosophy.
Description matérielle:1 electronic resource (414 p.)
ISBN:9783110328875
9783110328578
DOI:10.1515/9783110328875
Accès:Open Access