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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452724503321

Autore

Burbidge John <1936->

Titolo

Ideas, concepts, and reality [[electronic resource] /] / John W. Burbidge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-7735-8831-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; v. 58

Disciplina

121/.4

Soggetti

Concepts

Idea (Philosophy)

Mind and reality

Thought and thinking

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Part one : From ideas to concepts. 1 Frege and psychologism -- 2 From sensations to ideas: the empiricists -- 3 How ideas emerge: Hegel -- 4 language -- From retentive to mechanical memory -- 6 Thoughts and Descartes's rules -- 7 Second rule: analysis and definition -- 8 Third rule: synthesis and unity -- 9 Fourth rule: comprehensiveness -- 10 Conceiving --

Part two : Tendrils of thought. 11 Hegel's logic -- 12 Syllogisms 13 Modus ponens et al. -- 14 Arguments from analogy -- 15 Linguistic Variations -- 16 Ideas and concepts -- Epilogue.