Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument
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Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument. / Krämer, Sybille.
The Philosophy of Emerging Media: Understanding, Appreciation and Application. Hrsg. / Juliet Floyd; James E. Katz. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. S. 307-318.Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Aufsätze in Sammelwerken › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument
AU - Krämer, Sybille
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Leibniz’s goal is to transfer a novel form of nonlinguistic, operative writing, practiced in sixteenth- and seventeenth- century mathematics and written reckoning, to cognition and research in general. “Operative writing” is inspired by three attributes: (1) Symbolic language can be used as a technique for problem solving. (2) The rules of manipulating symbols can be independent of their interpretation. (3) Symbols do not only depict, but constitute knowledge. By introducing this kind of operative procedure, Leibniz hopes to reduce truth to correctness. Kurt Gödel in the twentieth century demonstrates the impossibility of the Leibnizian program. But its ongoing inheritance is that all reasoning depends on and is constituted by symbolism, be it linguistic, iconic, or written signs.
AB - Leibniz’s goal is to transfer a novel form of nonlinguistic, operative writing, practiced in sixteenth- and seventeenth- century mathematics and written reckoning, to cognition and research in general. “Operative writing” is inspired by three attributes: (1) Symbolic language can be used as a technique for problem solving. (2) The rules of manipulating symbols can be independent of their interpretation. (3) Symbols do not only depict, but constitute knowledge. By introducing this kind of operative procedure, Leibniz hopes to reduce truth to correctness. Kurt Gödel in the twentieth century demonstrates the impossibility of the Leibnizian program. But its ongoing inheritance is that all reasoning depends on and is constituted by symbolism, be it linguistic, iconic, or written signs.
KW - Philosophy
KW - Media and communication studies
UR - https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190260743.001.0001/acprof-9780190260743
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DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190260743.003.0019
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 9780190260743
SP - 307
EP - 318
BT - The Philosophy of Emerging Media
A2 - Floyd, Juliet
A2 - Katz, James E.
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
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