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Ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Mental Acts: their content and their objects' and 'Rationality and Logic'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 6. Logical Analysis

11051	Frege's logical approach dominates the analytical tradition [Hanna]
	Full Idea: Pure logic constantly controls Frege's philosophy, and in turn Frege's logically oriented philosophy constantly controls the analytic tradition.
	From: Robert Hanna (Rationality and Logic [2006], 1.1)
	A reaction: Hanna seeks to reintroduce the dreaded psychological aspect of logic, and I say 'good for him'.

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

11054	Scientism says most knowledge comes from the exact sciences [Hanna]
	Full Idea: Scientism says that the exact sciences are the leading sources of knowledge about the world.
	From: Robert Hanna (Rationality and Logic [2006], 1.2)
	A reaction: I almost agree, but I would describe the exact sciences as the chief 'evidence' for our knowledge, with the chief 'source' being our own ability to make coherent sense of the evidence. Exact sciences rest on mathematics.