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J.A. Foster (1941-2009), British philosopher. His major works include Meaning and Mind: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (1974), The Idea of an Ideal Language (1983), and The Limits of Abstraction (2002). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics.
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Extensionality, philosophy: (also extensionality principle, extensionality thesis) an attempt to make the language distinct by taking complete sets of denoted objects as the meaning of the referring words. See also extensions, intensions, extensional language, ambiguity, propositional attitudes._____________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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Bigelow, John | Extensionality | Bigelow | |
Brandom, Robert | Extensionality | Brandom | |
Carnap, Rudolf | Extensionality | Carnap | |
Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Extensionality | Cresswell | |
Field, Hartry | Extensionality | Field | |
Fodor, Jerry | Extensionality | Fodor | |
Foster, J.A. | Extensionality | Foster | |
Hintikka, Jaakko | Extensionality | Hintikka | |
Leibniz, G.W. | Extensionality | Leibniz | |
Lewis, David K. | Extensionality | Lewis | |
Peacocke, Christopher | Extensionality | Peacocke | |
Prior, Arthur N. | Extensionality | Prior | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Extensionality | Quine | |
Russell, Bertrand | Extensionality | Russell | |
Simons, Peter M. | Extensionality | Simons | |
Stechow, Arnim von | Extensionality | Stechow | |
Wiggins, David | Extensionality | Wiggins | |
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