Routes for Roots: A Mapping Shorthand Symbolism with Reference to Nelson Goodman's Hidden Ars Combinatoria. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moshammer, Gerald
• Is Part Of: History and philosophy of logic. Volume 38:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 263
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Logic -- Periodicals; 160.905
• DOI: 10.1080/01445340.2016.1266441
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0144-5340

Abstract

Abstract : A shorthand symbolism for the relational mapping of categories (MSS) is introduced and developed on the basis of Nelson Goodman's structural methodology. Through a reconstruction of extensional isomorphism that Goodman introduces as a criterion for definitional accuracy, and a brief reminder of the argument structure behind his 'new riddle of induction', Goodman's radical ontological relativism is turned into a protological principle of what I call 'domain constituting philosophy'. MSS is demonstrated with reference to Goodman's symbol theory, particularly his notion of exemplification, as well as in a final structured comparison of Frege's 'sense' with Goodman's straightforward construction of 'secondary extension'.