Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 98
Predicates/Understanding/Introduction/Peacocke: difference: 1. how the circumstances are introduced - 2. how the content of the predicate is introduced - E.g. Def "quadround" = square when observed and round when unobserved - 1st way of introduction: through defining what is the case with observation/non observation - 2nd way: it looks square - Conclusion: one applies "square" when one is ready, to apply it also tounobserved cases.
I 99
To understand it, you have to identify independent terms and find out that they are observation independent terms.
>Observation independence, >observation terms, >Properties, >Predicates,
>Observation, >Observability, >Unobservables, >Observation terms,
>Distinctions, >Seeing, >Knowledge, >Language use.