Mental acts

Mental acts

by Geach, P. T., (Peter Thomas)

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"Geach insists, in opposition to the behaviorism of the day, that there are episodic mental acts such as acts of judgment. How to characterize such mental acts remains as problematic as it was fifty years ago, and his book still has much to teach us. He begins with an attack on the abstractionist theory of concept-formation, then goes on to criticize the relational theory of judgment propounded by Bertrand Russell. Moving from criticism to construction, Geach first offers an improved version of…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Mental acts / Peter Geach.

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"Geach insists, in opposition to the behaviorism of the day, that there are episodic mental acts such as acts of judgment. How to characterize such mental acts remains as problematic as it was fifty years ago, and his book still has much to teach us. He begins with an attack on the abstractionist theory of concept-formation, then goes on to criticize the relational theory of judgment propounded by Bertrand Russell. Moving from criticism to construction, Geach first offers an improved version of Russell's analysis, then moves on to offer an alternative of his own."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2001?

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):St. Augustine's Press
  • Place of Publication:South Bend, Ind
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2001?

Notes

Originally published: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1971.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 137 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1890318698, 9781890318697
  • oclc:ocn316868122
  • LC Classification:BF441
  • Dewey Decimal:128/.3

Subjects

Pensée Thinking Thought and thinking

Writers

Geach, P. T., (Peter Thomas)

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