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Max Black (1909-1988), Azerbaijani-born British-American philosopher. His major works include The Nature of Mathematics (1933), Language and Philosophy (1949), and Problems of Analysis (1954). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of science.
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Mentalism, philosophy of the mind: the assumption that there are inner, mental objects that play causal or functional roles in the formation of attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, feelings, etc. These roles are rather understood as processes by theories, which are opposed to mentalism. See also intensional objects, thought objects._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Black, Max | Mentalism | Black | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Mentalism | Quine | |
Schiffer, Stephen | Mentalism | Schiffer | |
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