This book studies the important issue of the possibility of conceptual change--a possibility traditionally denied by logicians--from the perspective of philosophy of mathematics. The author also looks at aspects of language, and his conclusions have implications for a theory of concepts, truth and t
The logic of concept expansion
โ Scribed by Meir Buzaglo
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 193
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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