@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Prior,Arthur N.}, subject = {Thoughts}, note = {I 3 Object of thought/Prior: a) Ryle: "accusative of belief": the proposition b) what we think of something, e.g. grass c) what we think about it. Predicate: predicares are is not "about". >"About", >Predicates, >Predication, >Intentionality, >Propositions, >Thinking, >Content. I 130 Thinking/object/Prior: one can know very well what it means to think of X without knowing whether X exists - even a third party can know what it is, that Y thinks of X without knowing whether X exists. >Thought objects, >Belief objects, >Non-existence, >Reference. Dilemma: a) thinking constitutes a relation between X and Y, but not if X does not exist. >Relation theory. b) thinking is the same, regardless of whether the object exists or not (Anscombe). >E. Anscombe. Prior: one has to be abandoned, but which one?}, note = { Pri I A. Prior Objects of thought Oxford 1971 Pri II Arthur N. Prior Papers on Time and Tense 2nd Edition Oxford 2003 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=224285} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=224285} }