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142Hermeneutics and the hypothetico‐deductive methodDialectica 33 (3‐4): 319-336. 1979.SummaryThe central thesis advocated by the author is that the so‐called hermeneutic method is actually the same as the hypothetico‐deductive method applied to materials that are “meaningful” . Five different interpretations of the role of the stranger in Ibsens “Peer Gynt” are discussed and shown to be examples of how interpretation‐hypotheses can be judged by confronting them with the data . The conclusion drawn from the analysis is this: there is no fundamental methodological difference betwee…Read more
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60Richard Tieszen. After Gödel. Platonism and Rationalism in Mathematics and LogicPhilosophia Mathematica 24 (3): 405-421. 2016.
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6Dialogues with Davidson: Acting, Interpreting, UnderstandingMIT Press. 2011."There is a philosophical vision at work in Davidson's thinking that exceeds in importance and attraction his masterly analyses of meaning and action even while it matches them in subtlety. This volume brings that vision to the fore, engaging with it, as well as with other aspects of the Davidsonian position, in a way that demonstrates its intrinsic significance as well as its connection with the mainstream of contemporary thought."/Dieter Henrich, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of…Read more
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68Brentano and Husserl on Intentional Objects and PerceptionGrazer Philosophische Studien 5 (1): 83-94. 1978.The article is a comparative critical discussion of the views of Brentano and Husserl on intentional objects and on perception. Brentano's views on intentional objects are first discussed, with special attention to the problems connected with the status of the intentional objects. It is then argued that Husserl overcomes these problems by help of his notion of noema. Similarly, in the case of perception, Brentano's notion of physical phenomena is argued to be less satisfactory than Husserl's not…Read more
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Understanding and rationalityIn Herman Parret & Jacques Bouveresse (eds.), Meaning and Understanding, W. De Gruyter. 1981.
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45Holm Claes-Göran. Till fràgan om kvantifikationens uppkomst . Sju filosofiska studier tillägnade Anders Wedberg, mimeographed, Filosofiska studier utgivna av Filosofiska Institutionen vid Stockholms Universitet, no. 9, Stockholm 1963, pp. 4–8 (review)Journal of Symbolic Logic 33 (4): 605-605. 1969.
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