A Notion of Concept is either Superfluous or Procedural
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | The Logica Yearbook 2010 |
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| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | concept ; Frege ; construction |
| Description | It is shown that a set-theoretical (in particular, Fregean) definition of concepts implies that whatever is claimed using the term 'concept' can be claimed using the term 'class' and that the only remedy consists in construing concepts as a kind of abstract procedure. |
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