A01=Soren Stenlund
Author_Soren Stenlund
calculus
Calculus Conception
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Church's Thesis
conception
conceptual
conceptual analysis
Davidson's Theory
Davidson’s Theory
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Extensional Picture
Finite Sequence
formal
formal methods critique
Human Language
Induction
investigation
Juxtaposition System
language preconceptions
logic
Mathematical Expression
Mathematical Logic
Mathematical Notion
Mathematical Prose
natural
Natural Numbers
notions
Ordinary Mathematical Practice
Ordinary Mathematics
philosophy of mathematics
philosophy of mind
Predicate Calculus
Primitive Recursive
Primitive Recursive Function
Prose Expression
Recursive Functions
resolving philosophical language problems
Syntactical Predicates
system
technical
Transfinite Sets
Turing Computability
Turing Machine
Universal Medium
Wittgenstein studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780415042215
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 1990
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Language and Philosophical Problems investigates problems about mind, meaning and mathematics rooted in preconceptions of language. It deals in particular with problems which are connected with our tendency to be misled by certain prevailing views and preconceptions about language. Philosophical claims made by theorists of meaning are scrutinized and shown to be connected with common views about the nature of certain mathematical notions and methods. Drawing in particular on Wittgenstein's ideas, Sren Stenlund demonstrates a strategy for tracing out and resolving conceptual and philosophical problems. By a critical examination of examples from different areas of philosophy, he shows that many problems arise through the transgression of the limits of the use of technical concepts and formal methods. Many prima facie different kinds of problems are shown to have common roots, and should thus be dealt and resolved together. Such an approach is usually prevented by the influence of traditional philosophical terminology and classification. The results of this investigation make it clear that the received ways of subdividing the subject matter of philosophy often conceal the roots of the problem.
