The Logic of Concept Expansion
Cambridge University Press (2002)
| Abstract | The operation of developing a concept is a common procedure in mathematics and in natural science, but has traditionally seemed much less possible to philosophers and, especially, logicians. Meir Buzaglo's innovative study proposes a way of expanding logic to include the stretching of concepts, while modifying the principles which block this possibility. He offers stimulating discussions of the idea of conceptual expansion as a normative process, and of the relation of conceptual expansion to truth, meaning, reference, ontology and paradox, and analyzes the views of Kant, Wittgenstein, Godel, and others, paying especially close attention to Frege. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from philosophers (of logic, mathematics, language, and science) to logicians, mathematicians, linguists, and cognitive scientists. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Logic Concepts | |||||||||
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| Call number | BC199.C55.B89 2002 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 052180762X 9780521807623 | |||||||||
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