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| Formalism: the thesis that statements acquire their meaning only from the rules for substituting, inserting, eliminating, forming, equality and inequality of symbols within a calculus or system. See also calculus, meaning, rules, content, correctness, systems, truth._____________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. | |||
| Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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| Bigelow, John | Formalism | Bigelow, John | |
| Carnap, Rudolf | Formalism | Carnap, Rudolf | |
| Duhem, Pierre | Formalism | Duhem, Pierre | |
| d’Abro, A. | Formalism | d’Abro, A. | |
| Frege, Gottlob | Formalism | Frege, Gottlob | |
| Geach, Peter | Formalism | Geach, Peter T. | |
| Heyting, Arend | Formalism | Heyting, Arend | |
| Lanier, Jaron | Formalism | Lanier, Jaron | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Formalism | Quine, Willard Van Orman | |
| Thiel, Christian | Formalism | Thiel, Christian | |
| Waismann, Friedrich | Formalism | Waismann, Friedrich | |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Formalism | Wittgenstein, Ludwig | |
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