Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic

Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9781402081682
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Book Synopsis Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic by : Nimrod Bar-Am

Download or read book Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic written by Nimrod Bar-Am and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a single life-span. Philosophers, then, do not see more or know more, and they do not see less or know less. They aim to see less detail and more of the abstract. Their details, if you like, are abstractions. Walking on God’s earth as a pedestrian, as a farmer working his fields or as a passer-by, one’s picture of one’s surroundings is every bit as intelligent as that of the pilot riding the sky. The views of the field are radically different, however. One sees only a specific field and in all lively detail: the exact pattern of the land, or even the exact outline of a given leaf, grasshopper, grain of sand even. Acquaintance with minute detail is not without its price: details may stand in the way of conjuring the big picture. It may be difficult to compare whichever field one happens to be in with far off fields, with respect to their size or shape or any other quality. One may wish to inquire if far off fields were already planted, harvested, or even if they exist. A pedestrian may find it hard or even impossible to do so. The pedestrian view contains fine points that the pilot’s map never would, but it does not necessarily contain more information, for it lacks the general context. After all, there are only so many items that one can observe and account for at a single glance, a single map, a single book, a single life-span.


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