Cogitations A Study of the Cogito in Relation to the Philosophy of Logic and Language, and a Study of Them in Relation to the Cogito |
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| Author:
| Katz, Jerrold J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-503744-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1986 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.50 |
Book Description:
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Arguing that the problem with Descartes' Cogito ergo sum --a famous but controversial philosophical dictum--lies in a deficiency in the theory of language and logic that Cartesian scholars have brought to the study of the Cogito, Katz here proposes that the Cogito be understood as an example of "analytic entailment," a thesis according to which a statement can be a formally valid inference without depending on a law of logic.
Arguing that the problem with Descartes' Cogito ergo sum --a famous but controversial philosophical dictum--lies in a deficiency in the theory of language and logic that Cartesian scholars have brought to the study of the Cogito, Katz here proposes that the Cogito be understood as an example of "analytic entailment," a thesis according to which a statement can be a formally valid inference without depending on a law of logic.