Truth-values and abstraction

Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Mark Textor
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2013/3
Language English Pages 14 P. 29-42 File size 111 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2013-003003
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Secondo Frege, ogni asserto denota - se denota qualcosa - uno fra due oggetti: il Vero o il Falso. Ci sono buone ragioni per credere nell’esistenza di questi oggetti, i valori di verità? Queste domande hanno tormentato gli studiosi di Frege per tanto tempo. Una risposta che a prima vista sembra attraente è che i valori di verità sono, come gli altri oggetti logici, introdotti per astrazione. In questo saggio l’autore discute e alla fine refuta questa risposta.

Keywords: Abstraction, Concept, Extension, Judgement, Logical object, Truth-value

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Mark Textor, Truth-values and abstraction in "PARADIGMI" 3/2013, pp 29-42, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2013-003003