Rule-following and functions

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2013-06

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This paper presents a new reconstruction of Wittgenstein’s famous (and controversial) rule-following arguments. Two are the novel features offered by our reconstruction. In the first place, we propose a shift of the central focus of the discussion, from the general semantics and the philosophy of mind to the philosophy of mathematics and the rejection of the notion of a function. The second new feature is positive: we argue that Wittgenstein offers us a new alternative notion of a rule (to replace the rejected functions), a notion reminiscent of Category Theory’s notion of a morphism.

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Seguir regras, Regras, Funções extensionais, Operações intensionais, Rule-following, Rules, Extensional functions, Intensional operations

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PORTO, André. Rule-following and functions. O que nos faz pensar, Rio de Janeiro, v. 22, n. 33, p. 95-141, jun. 2013.