Abstract

In this highly compressed monograph, a theory of conceptual phenomenalism awkwardly emerges from an enormous amount of psychological data and philosophical reflections culled from Anglo-American and Continental sources, especially the works of Piaget and Price. Particularly note-worthy is the attack on the "anti-ghost" people, Ryle and his associates, who reduce thought to action, meaning to use. The author intends to reinstate the ontological status of thought and the reality of concepts as mental entities, thereby providing for a theory that offers a bona-fide philosophical explanation. The concluding chapter deals briefly with a generic "logic of explanation" that is shared, yet differently employed, by philosophy, science, and the social sciences.--A. B.