The logic of concept expansion / Meir Buzaglo.

"Scientists and mathematicians frequently describe the development of their field as a process that includes expansion of concepts. Logicians traditionally deny the possibility of conceptual expansion and the coherence of this description. Meir Buzaglo's innovative study proposes a way of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buzaglo, Meir, 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Logic. Concepts. logic. PHILOSOPHY > Logic. Concepts Logic Begriff Mathematische Logik Concepten. Uitbreidingen. Logique mathématique. Mathématiques > Philosophie. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Historical background
2. Frege's opposition
3. The grammar of constraints
4. Expansions as rational procedures
5. Implications for concepts
6. From words to objects
7. Godel's argument
8. Implications for thoughts
9. "I was led astray by language"
Epilogue: How do we go on from here?

The logic of concept expansion / Meir Buzaglo.

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