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The Logic of Concept Expansion - Softcover

Buzaglo, Meir

 
9780521041058: The Logic of Concept Expansion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521041058 ISBN 13: 9780521041058
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Meir Buzaglo is Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521041058
ISBN 13 
9780521041058
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
196