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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"History of Analytic Philosophy"”.
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The Logical Structure of Scientific Knowledge-Systems
This thesis seeks to assess and develop the use of formal methods in philosophy of science. More specifically, I argue that the particular strand of philosophy of science that concerns itself with the formal structure of scientific knowledge has focused excessively on the structure of scientific …
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"Logic is a geometry of thinking". Space and Spatial Frameworks in Wittgenstein's Writings
The thesis investigates the history and functions of space concepts in Wittgenstein’s philosophy. It is based on a Kantian account which conceives of space not as a thing, but as an a priori framework which constitutes possibilities, not facts. The increasing abstraction and formalisation of …
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Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein on existence and negative existentials
In this thesis, I investigate the theories of existence of Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), three of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. As to Frege and Russell, I challenge the common historical narrative according to which they …
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How to Be a Pragmatist in the End: Objectivity, Skepticism, and the Demands of Agency
… difficulties in accounting for the objectivity of truth and knowledge. For they clarify our beliefs’ meaning and truth by appeal to their practical success, and practical success seems relative to particular contexts, or even particular believers. Some pragmatists verge on simply accepting this …