Logic, Words, and Representations
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper accompanies and introduces the English translation of Franjo Marković’s text “Of Words” – a section from his manuscript Logic . The paper has two principal aims. First, it draws attention to several themes that Marković discusses throughout the first part of Logic – the part immediately preceding the section “Of Words” – which I take to be important for a better appreciation of that section. I focus on Marković’s understanding of logic itself, and how, according to him, it relates to psychology on the one hand, and to language and grammar on the other. I also consider Marković’s account of concept and representations important to logic, and I compare his views with those of Gottlob Frege. Second, I draw attention to some of the issues that Marković addresses in the section “Of Words” and relate them to the themes discussed previously – such as negative names, absolute names, and Marković’s criticism of Heymann Steinthal’s view of logic. The paper opens with a brief biographical sketch of Marković and concludes with remarks concerning the English translation of the section that follows.
Author: Dušan Dožudić
Institution: Institut za filozofiju
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7124438697