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8Some Remarks about Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra´s Advice on the Language of PhilosophyCritica 45 (133): 99-105. 2013.n this paper I discuss Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra�s notes on the proper language for publishing texts in analytic philosophy. I am basically in agreement with him on the practical side, i.e., publishing in English increases the chances of philosophical exchange with other communities. I disagree, however, if one wants to read a stronger �should� in his advice, for there is nothing in the essence of analytic philosophy that ties it to the English language. Finally, I end with a caveat that his adv…Read more
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Dominios cuantificacionales e intención del hablanteIn Eleonora Orlando (ed.), Significados en contexto y verdad relativa: ensayos sobre semática y pragmática, Título. 2015.
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Frege's Notion of Logical ObjectsDissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. 1996.In the dissertation I seek to clarify an aspect of Frege's thought that has been insufficiently explained in the literature, namely, his notion of logical object. It is well known that the core of Frege's philosophical enterprise up to Grundgesetze der Arithmetik was the reduction of arithmetic to logic. Since Frege regarded numbers as objects, logic must have an ontological basis, i.e., an adequate class of objects to which numbers are reducible. These objects are, for Frege, extensions of conc…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
History of Western Philosophy |