Gottlob Frege

The description theory of meaning was proposed independently by Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege as a response to some of the fallacies of the reference theory. Description theorists propose that instead of being a simple ‘word - world relationship’, meaning is derived from descriptions associated with certain objects and stored in our mind (or senses in Frege’s case). Frege and Russell’s accounts of the theory differ subtly in how they view descriptions. Several objections have been made against

Metapsychologism In The Philosophy Of Logic ABSTRACT: The problem of psychologism in the philosophy of logic and the different solutions of this problem are considered. Both traditional psychologistic and antipsychologistic solutions are shown to be untenable and the need for a new solution is demonstrated. The original program of metapsychologism is advanced as a solution to the problem of psychologism based on deduction-search theory. Two formalized levels of a logical procedure are distinguished:

Reflections on the Analytic/Continental Divide My friends in the English department often ask me to explain the difference I so often talk about between analytic and continental philosophy. For some odd reason they want to relate our discipline with theirs in an effort, maybe, to understand both better. Thus, I welcome the opportunity offered by Schuylkill's general theme this year to give a very general and un-rigorous presentation on Philosophy, intended for the University Community at large

Thoughts on a Possible Rational Reconstruction of the Method of "Rational Reconstruction" ABSTRACT: Rational reconstructions standardly operate so as to transform a given problematic philosophical scientific account-particularly of a terminological, methodological or theoretical entity-into a similar, but more precise, consistent interpretation. This method occupies a central position in the practice of analytic philosophy. Nevertheless, we encounter-even if only in a very few specific publications-a

truths, taken as axioms, within the proposed formal system of logic. (doctrinal reduction) The first step led Russell, in Principles of Mathematics to undertake a logical analysis of our ordinary language. The same intention motivated Frege to discuss the nature of the relation of identity as expressed in various identity statements, particularly with regard to mathematics. This brings to fore the puzzle of identity, ultimately leading to Frege’s theory of meaning that admits a dichotomy

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One of the essential aspects of philosophy is the capability for good communication. It is because this discipline involves a practice of articulating thoughts and opinions or of disseminating arguments. In simple sense, it circumscribes sharing of ideas and information between two or more persons. However, as a philosopher one must take into consideration the aptness to establish and justify one’s personal opinion, to acknowledge others perspective, and to specify logically the reason for considering

Hayley Berkowitz Linguistic Structure: Wittgenstein’s view about the Nature, Limit & Function of Logical Constants & Quantifiers. 2. For Ludwig Wittgenstein to really provide us with a thorough account of propositions he needs to explain the nature of logical constants. Wittgenstein was a thinker who remained skeptical as to whether logical constants could be representational. For him, (negations, conditionals, connectives, conjuncts, disjuncts, etc) are not constituents of the proposition but

Worldview assignment group work Charlie Becca, Zachary Jones, and Joe Krisciunas St. Ignatius: Worldview: The world is not about good vs evil, as all humans are fundamentally good, “it is about good vs better” (Ignatius Video). St. Ignatius thoroughly believes that humans are born as good people, but that every human is capable of reaching their higher potential through God. This is talked about extensively in the St. Ignatius movie that we watched in class, where it discusses his teachings, and

In this class, the idea of Conflict Theory was brought up very early on. I really enjoy the concept and find it incredibly useful when considering complex topics. Conflict theory, which was originally a concept in which Karl Marx is largely attributed, theorizes that conflict arises due to limited resources and the competition to secure those resources. The theory says that as long as there is a limit on how much of something there is (and since we all live on a giant ball that has a set amount of