Thought, fact, and reference : the origins and ontology of logical atomism / by Herbert Hochberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochberg, Herbert, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical atomism.

Thought and thinking.

Facts (Philosophy).

Reference (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thought, Fact, and Reference was first published in 1978. Against a background of criticism of alternative accounts, Professor Hochberg presents an analysis of thought, reference, and truth within the tradition of logical atomism. He analyzes G. E. Moore's early attack on idealism and examines the influence of Moore on the development of Bertrand Russell's and Ludwig Wittgenstein's logical atomism. He traces an early divergence between Russell and Wittgenstein, on the one side, and Moore and Gottlob Frege on the other, into variants recently advocated by Wilfrid Sellars, Gustav Bergmann, and others.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; Table of Contents; I: The Analysis of Perception; II: Idealism, Realism, and Common Sense; III: Thought and Belief; IV: Moore and Bradley on Particulars, Predicates, and Predication; V: Names, Individual Concepts, and Ontological Reduction; VI: Frege's Account of Reference and Thought; VII: Russell's Critique of Frege and the Origin of the Theory of Descriptions; VIII: Descriptions, Substitution, and Intentional Contexts; IX: Existence, Predicates, and Properties; X: Facts and Possibilities; XI: Russell's Theory of Judgment and Sellars's Critique of It II: The Structure of Thought: Part IXIII: The Structure of Thought: Part II; XIV: Logic, Fact, and Belief; XV: Difference, Existence, and Universality; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-8166-5515-4

1-4356-0626-4

OCLC:

182732605