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Concept and Object - The Unity of the Proposition in Logic and Psychology (Hardcover)
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Concept and Object - The Unity of the Proposition in Logic and Psychology (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Logic
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Originally published in 1988. This text gives a lucid account of
the most distinctive and influential responses by twentieth century
philosophers to the problem of the unity of the proposition. The
problem first became central to twentieth-century philosophy as a
result of the depsychoiogising of logic brought about by Bradley
and Frege who, responding to the 'Psychologism' of Mill and Hume,
drew a sharp distinction between the province of psychology and the
province of logic. This author argues that while Russell, Ryle and
Davidson, each in different ways, attempted a theoretical solution,
Frege and Wittgenstein (both in the Tractatus and the
Investigations) rightly maintained that no theoretical solution is
possible. It is this which explains the importance Wittgenstein
attached in his later work to the idea of agreement in judgments.
The two final chapters illustrate the way in which a response to
the problem affects the way in which we think about the nature of
the mind. They contain a discussion of Strawson's concept of a
person and provide a striking critique of the philosophical claims
made by devotees of artificial intelligence, in particular those
made by Daniel Dennett.
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