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Alice Ambrose on Logic, A Priori Concepts, and the Epistemology of Convention
Juan J. Colomina-Alminana
This essay argues that Alice Ambrose precedes key elements later critiques by Quine, first of Truth by convention (Quine 1936) and later of the analytic-synthetic distinction (Quin…
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Extensionalism without Logicism: Ambrose and Extensional Logic
Juan J. Colomina-Alminana
Drawing primarily on her early work (1931-1934), I argue that Alice Ambrose develops a philosophical project centered on preserving the rigor of extensional logic while rejecting t…