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- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Subject: Re: Wittgenstein, P.I.
- In-Reply-To: mtaranto@shearson.com's message of Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:36:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <TORKEL.92Nov23094926@isis.sics.se>
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 08:49:26 GMT
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- In article <9211230336.AA12874@cfdev1.shearson.com> mtaranto@shearson.com
- (Mark Taranto) writes:
-
- >Not just Carnap. It is a pretty common theme in Analytical Philosophy
- >to beat up on metaphysics. A. J. Ayer's tries to define away the
- >problems of Metaphysics in LANGUAGE, TRUTH & LOGIC.
-
- Carnap and Ayer were both closely associated with the school of
- logical empiricism, which in turn will forever be associated with
- the cry of "down with metaphysics". However, it is inaccurate to
- associate analytical philosophy as a whole with this battle cry.
- I would say that at least from the fifties onwards, "metaphysics"
- has by no means been a term of abuse in analytical philosophy.
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