Reduction - Abstraction - Analysis: Proceedings of the 31th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg, 2008

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Reduction - Abstraction - Analysis

Proceedings of the 31th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg, 2008

Edited by: Alexander Hieke and Hannes Leitgeb

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2009

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Volume 11 | Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society – New Series

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Philosophers often have tried to either reduce "disagreeable" objects or concepts to (more) acceptable objects or concepts. Reduction is regarded attractive by those who subscribe to an ideal of ontological parsimony. But the topic is not just restricted to traditional metaphysics or ontology. In the philosophy of mathematics, abstraction principles, such as Hume's principle, have been suggested to support a reconstruction of mathematics by logical means only. In the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, the logical analysis of language has long been regarded to be the dominating paradigm, and liberalized projects of logical reconstruction remain to be driving forces of modern philosophy.

This volume collects contributions comprising all those topics, including articles by Alexander Bird, Jaakko Hintikka, James Ladyman, Rohit Parikh, Gerhard Schurz, Peter Simons, Crispin Wright and Edward N. Zalta.

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Frontmatter
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Introduction
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Table of Contents
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I. Reduction
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A PROOF OF NOMINALISM: AN EXERCISE IN SUCCESSFUL REDUCTION IN LOGIC
1
Jaakko Hintikka

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PRESERVATION OF EMPIRICAL SUCCESS AND INTERTHEORETICAL CORRESPONDENCE: JUSTIFYING REALISM WITHOUT THE NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT
15
Gerhard Schurz

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EMPIRICAL ADEQUACY AND RAMSIFICATION, II
29
Jeffrey Ketland

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ELIMINATING MODALITY FROM THE DETERMINISM DEBATE? MODELS VS. EQUATIONS OF PHYSICAL THEORIES
47
Thomas Müller

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DETERMINISTIC VERSUS INDETERMINISTIC DESCRIPTIONS: NOT THAT DIFFERENT AFTER ALL?
63
Charlotte Werndl

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THE “MULTIREALIZATION” OF MULTIPLE REALIZABILITY
79
Holger Lyre

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PESSIMISTIC META-INDUCTION AND THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF SCIENCE
95
Ludwig Fahrbach

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WEAK PHYSICALISM AND SPECIAL SCIENCE ONTOLOGY
113
James Ladyman

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ARE NATURAL KINDS REDUCIBLE?
127
Alexander Bird

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ONTIC GENERATION: GETTING EVERYTHING FROM THE BASICS
137
Peter Simons

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WHAT REDUCTIONISTS BELIEVE IN
153
Christian Kanzian

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SUPERVENIENCE AND MORAL REALISM
163
Alison Hills

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ALTERNATIVE REDUCTIONS FOR DYNAMIC DEONTIC LOGICS
179
ALBERT J.J. ANGLBERGER

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II. Abstraction
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THE METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF ABSTRACTION
195
Crispin Wright

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HOW ABSTRACTION WORKS
217
Leon Horsten and Hannes Leitgeb

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THIN OBJECTS
227
Øystein Linnebo

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RUSSELL’S MANY POINTS
239
Thomas Mormann

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FROM DESCRIPTIVE FUNCTIONS TO SETS OF ORDERED PAIRS
259
Bernard Linsky

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DIAGONALIZATION, THE LIAR PARADOX, AND THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE FORMAL SYSTEM PRESENTED IN THE APPENDIX TO FREGE’S GRUNDGESETZE: VOLUME II
273
Roy T Cook

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A PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION FOR NEO-FREGEANISM
289
Michael Gabbay

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ED ZALTA’S VERSION OF NEO-LOGICISM – A FRIENDLY LETTER OF COMPLAINT
305
Philip A. Ebert and Marcus Rossberg

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REPLY TO P. EBERT AND M. ROSSBERG’S FRIENDLY LETTER OF COMPLAINT
311
Edward N. Zalta

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III. Analysis
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ON THE BENEFITS OF A REDUCTION OF MODAL PREDICATES TO MODAL OPERATORS
323
Volker Halbach

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CALCULI OF INDIVIDUALS AND SOME EXTENSIONS: AN OVERVIEW
335
Karl-Georg Niebergall

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DEFINITE DESCRIPTIONS: LANGUAGE, LOGIC, AND ELIMINATION
355
Norbert Gratzl

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FROM LANGUAGE GAMES TO SOCIAL SOFTWARE
365
Rohit Parikh

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ON THE RELATION BETWEEN GAMES IN EXTENSIVE FORM AND GAMES IN STRATEGIC FORM
377
Simon M. Huttegger

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TWO ACCOUNTS OF SIMILARITY COMPARED
389
Lieven Decock and Igor Douven

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CONTEXTUALISM, RELATIVISM, AND FACTIVITY. ANALYZING ‘KNOWLEDGE’ AFTER THE NEW LINGUISTIC TURN IN EPISTEMOLOGY
403
Elke Brendel

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Backmatter
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Reduction - Abstraction - Analysis

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Introduction

Table of Contents

A PROOF OF NOMINALISM: AN EXERCISE IN SUCCESSFUL REDUCTION IN LOGIC

PRESERVATION OF EMPIRICAL SUCCESS AND INTERTHEORETICAL CORRESPONDENCE: JUSTIFYING REALISM WITHOUT THE NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT

EMPIRICAL ADEQUACY AND RAMSIFICATION, II

ELIMINATING MODALITY FROM THE DETERMINISM DEBATE? MODELS VS. EQUATIONS OF PHYSICAL THEORIES

DETERMINISTIC VERSUS INDETERMINISTIC DESCRIPTIONS: NOT THAT DIFFERENT AFTER ALL?

THE “MULTIREALIZATION” OF MULTIPLE REALIZABILITY

PESSIMISTIC META-INDUCTION AND THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF SCIENCE

WEAK PHYSICALISM AND SPECIAL SCIENCE ONTOLOGY

ARE NATURAL KINDS REDUCIBLE?

ONTIC GENERATION: GETTING EVERYTHING FROM THE BASICS

WHAT REDUCTIONISTS BELIEVE IN

SUPERVENIENCE AND MORAL REALISM

ALTERNATIVE REDUCTIONS FOR DYNAMIC DEONTIC LOGICS

THE METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF ABSTRACTION

HOW ABSTRACTION WORKS

THIN OBJECTS

RUSSELL’S MANY POINTS

FROM DESCRIPTIVE FUNCTIONS TO SETS OF ORDERED PAIRS

DIAGONALIZATION, THE LIAR PARADOX, AND THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE FORMAL SYSTEM PRESENTED IN THE APPENDIX TO FREGE’S GRUNDGESETZE: VOLUME II

A PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION FOR NEO-FREGEANISM

ED ZALTA’S VERSION OF NEO-LOGICISM – A FRIENDLY LETTER OF COMPLAINT

REPLY TO P. EBERT AND M. ROSSBERG’S FRIENDLY LETTER OF COMPLAINT

ON THE BENEFITS OF A REDUCTION OF MODAL PREDICATES TO MODAL OPERATORS

CALCULI OF INDIVIDUALS AND SOME EXTENSIONS: AN OVERVIEW

DEFINITE DESCRIPTIONS: LANGUAGE, LOGIC, AND ELIMINATION

FROM LANGUAGE GAMES TO SOCIAL SOFTWARE

ON THE RELATION BETWEEN GAMES IN EXTENSIVE FORM AND GAMES IN STRATEGIC FORM

TWO ACCOUNTS OF SIMILARITY COMPARED

CONTEXTUALISM, RELATIVISM, AND FACTIVITY. ANALYZING ‘KNOWLEDGE’ AFTER THE NEW LINGUISTIC TURN IN EPISTEMOLOGY

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