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2. Truth functions—or not?
Graham Priest
in Logic: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
We are strongly intuitive about the validity of various inferences. This may or may not be hard-wired into us. Intuition gets us into trouble sometimes. ‘Truth functions—or not?’ plays ...
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Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
Michael Beaney
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces some of the key ideas of the founders of analytic philosophy—Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Ludwig ...
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2. Identity in logic and the classical law of thought
Florian Coulmas
in Identity: A Very Short Introduction
‘Identity in logic and the classical law of thought’ explains that Leibniz’s law of the identity of indiscernibles conforms to the laws of logic. It defines identity as strict ...
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Introduction
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
One claim often made about analytic philosophy is that it places great emphasis on clarity of thinking, precision of expression, and rigour of argumentation. But other intellectual virtues ...
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1. How many things are there?
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
‘How many things are there?’ introduces Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), one of the main founders of analytic philosophy whose central concern was with the nature of mathematics, and arithmetic ...
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2. How can we speak of what does not exist?
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
Statements that purportedly refer to something that does not exist, whether fictional or not, have been especially problematic in the history of philosophy. ‘How can we speak of what does ...
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4. Are there limits to what we can say or think?
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
‘Are there limits to what we can say and think?’ considers the possible limits of our language and whether we can have thoughts that outstrip our ability to say what they are. It introduces ...
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7. Counting infinity
Ian Stewart
in Infinity: A Very Short Introduction
‘Counting infinity’ returns to the mathematics of infinity, discussing Cantor’s remarkable theory of how to count infinite sets, and the discovery that there are different sizes of ...
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9. Schopenhauer's influence
Christopher Janaway
in Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction
‘Schopenhauer's influence’ argues that Schopenhauer's lasting importance as a philosopher rests more on his manner of unfettered probing and blunt questioning, on his demolition of ...
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6. So what is analytic philosophy?
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
There are various similarities and differences between the respective approaches to analytic philosophy of Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, and Stebbing. But is there anything in common ...
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