The Logical Alien

The Logical Alien
Author: Sofia Miguens
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 1081
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0674335902
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Is our logical form of thought merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such? From Kant to Wittgenstein, philosophers have wrestled with variants of this question. This volume brings together nine distinguished thinkers on the subject, including James Conant, author of the seminal paper “The Search for Logically Alien Thought.”


The Logical Alien
Language: en
Pages: 1081

The Logical Alien

Authors: Sofia Miguens
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-11 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Is our logical form of thought merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such? From Kant to Wittgenstein, philosophers have wrestled with vari
Alien Powers
Language: en
Pages: 422

Alien Powers

Authors: Kenneth Minogue
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-19 - Publisher: Routledge

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The term "ideology" can cover almost any set of ideas, but its power to bewitch political activists results from its strange logic: part philosophy, part scienc
Descartes's Concept of Mind
Language: en
Pages: 404

Descartes's Concept of Mind

Authors: Lilli Alanen
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Descartes's concept of the mind, as distinct from the body with which it forms a union, set the agenda for much of Western philosophy's subsequent reflection on
Rules, Reason, and Self-Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 425

Rules, Reason, and Self-Knowledge

Authors: Julia Tanney
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-08 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Julia Tanney offers a sustained criticism of today’s canon in philosophy of mind, which conceives the workings of the rational mind as the outcome of causal i
Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System
Language: en
Pages: 14

Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System

Authors: Sandy Donovan
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Capstone

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Bob is from planet Plainold, where they have just discovered spiders. But planet Plainold doesn't have books, so Bob has traveled to Earth to find books about s