@misc{Lexicon of Arguments,
title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024},
author = {Cresswell,Maxwell J.},
subject = {Contingency},
note = {II 64
Contingent/Necessary/Predicate/Cresswell: suppose predicate P is contingent and applies to the objects a1, a2...
N.B.: we can convert this contingent predicate into a necessary predicate:
Necessary/Predicate: Q: should necessarily apply to precisely those objects to which P applies contingently.
Solution: Q: "is a1 or a2 or is..."
Meaning: the meaning of these two predicates is of course not the same, but it would have to be, because they apply to the same set of things.
>Extensionality.
Could there be two such predicates? Some perception predicates seem to work like this.
E.g. Suppose the set of red and round things happened to be the same set - but the internal patterns (devices) in recognizing subjects are different.
>Perception, >Attribution, >Observation, >Observation language, >Observation sentence.},
note = { Cr I M. J. Cresswell Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988 Cr II M. J. Cresswell Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984
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