@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Goodman,Nelson}, subject = {Computer Model}, note = {IV 143/44 The analogy with the computer model is ambiguous, because it has a referential and a computer related interpretation (the simulations). According to the latter it defines a sequence of states of the computer, the former enables the scientists to interpret it as a representation of physical states or physical reality. >Ambiguity, >Analogies. IV 144 Of course, the computer knows nothing of the referential interpretation. Accordingly, we would not know that a computer simulation represents a molecular interaction, if we only knew the computer available interpretation of it. IV 144f Questions about the truth value of sentences are inappropriate after the computer related reading. ((s) because the computer has no knowledge of the outside world.) IV 144f GoodmanVsFodor: Fodor's theory cannot explain how we know what new phrases represent nor what familiar phrases represent. The role of the lexicon has emerged to serve other purposes.}, note = { G IV N. Goodman Catherine Z. Elgin Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences, Indianapolis 1988 German Edition: Revisionen Frankfurt 1989 Goodman I N. Goodman Ways of Worldmaking, Indianapolis/Cambridge 1978 German Edition: Weisen der Welterzeugung Frankfurt 1984 Goodman II N. Goodman Fact, Fiction and Forecast, New York 1982 German Edition: Tatsache Fiktion Voraussage Frankfurt 1988 Goodman III N. Goodman Languages of Art. An Approach to a Theory of Symbols, Indianapolis 1976 German Edition: Sprachen der Kunst Frankfurt 1997 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=210487} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=210487} }