@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Searle,John R.}, subject = {Existence}, note = {V 165f Existence/ontology/criterion/AlstonVsQuine: Quine's translations, e.g. a) "length-in-miles-from" or b) "(Ex)(E is a ...)". 1. Alston: E-assumptions depend on statements, not on sentences. QuineVsVs: the translation shows that the prerequisite is made only seemingly. 2. AlstonVsQuine: the translation would allow to say everything possible, when you only reform it accordingly. V 168 Searle (like Alston): there is no criterion of mere notation. (s) General direction: Searle: facts, not language is decisive. SearleVsQuine: e.g. then you can claim all the knowledge (W) and yet only presuppose this spring here: one defines a predicate P(x) = this spring and W. Then one takes (W) as an axiom and this spring = this spring as an axiom, then "this spring = this spring and axiom (W) then "P (this spring)" then "(Ex)(Px)". Problem: the knowledge can be represented in paraphrases, which then would have to have the same ontological prerequisite as the original. (s) QuineVsVs: the conditions are only made seemingly. AlstonVsQuine: what someone says is important not how he/she puts it. Cf. >Ontology/Quine. V 172 Ontological/epistemic/Searle: e.g. "Are there terrible snow men?" is an epistemic, not an ontological question. >Ontologic/epistemic/Searle, >Fact. V 173 Existence/ontology/Searle: there are no classes of irreducible existence conditions. >Ontology/Searle.}, note = { Searle I John R. Searle The Rediscovery of the Mind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1992 German Edition: Die Wiederentdeckung des Geistes Frankfurt 1996 Searle II John R. Searle Intentionality. An essay in the philosophy of mind, Cambridge/MA 1983 German Edition: Intentionalität Frankfurt 1991 Searle III John R. Searle The Construction of Social Reality, New York 1995 German Edition: Die Konstruktion der gesellschaftlichen Wirklichkeit Hamburg 1997 Searle IV John R. Searle Expression and Meaning. Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts, Cambridge/MA 1979 German Edition: Ausdruck und Bedeutung Frankfurt 1982 Searle V John R. Searle Speech Acts, Cambridge/MA 1969 German Edition: Sprechakte Frankfurt 1983 Searle VII John R. Searle Behauptungen und Abweichungen In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Searle VIII John R. Searle Chomskys Revolution in der Linguistik In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Searle IX John R. Searle "Animal Minds", in: Midwest Studies in Philosophy 19 (1994) pp. 206-219 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=219742} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=219742} }