Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic

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Paperback, 172 blz. | Engels
Springer Netherlands | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9789048177905
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Springer Netherlands 0e druk, 2010 9789048177905
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a single life-span. Philosophers, then, do not see more or know more, and they do not see less or know less. They aim to see less detail and more of the abstract. Their details, if you like, are abstractions. Walking on God’s earth as a pedestrian, as a farmer working his fields or as a passer-by, one’s picture of one’s surroundings is every bit as intelligent as that of the pilot riding the sky. The views of the field are radically different, however. One sees only a specific field and in all lively detail: the exact pattern of the land, or even the exact outline of a given leaf, grasshopper, grain of sand even. Acquaintance with minute detail is not without its price: details may stand in the way of conjuring the big picture. It may be difficult to compare whichever field one happens to be in with far off fields, with respect to their size or shape or any other quality. One may wish to inquire if far off fields were already planted, harvested, or even if they exist. A pedestrian may find it hard or even impossible to do so. The pedestrian view contains fine points that the pilot’s map never would, but it does not necessarily contain more information, for it lacks the general context. After all, there are only so many items that one can observe and account for at a single glance, a single map, a single book, a single life-span.

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ISBN13:9789048177905
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:172
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:0

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Acknowledgments, Abstract, Introduction.
In praise of shallowness: a methodological credo Part 1: Preliminary notes Part 2: Setting the scene: some notes on the pre-history of logic Part 3: Aristotle’s logic: the rise of essentialism Part 4: Essentialism besieged Part 5: The fall of essentialism Notes, Bibliography, Index of Names, Index of Subjects

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