Lexicon of Arguments

 

Simons I 298
Qua-objects/Kit Fine/Simons: x qua F - or x under the description of F. Definition Basis: the underlying object
Def Explanation/Fine: x qua F is always differentiated from the base.
SimonsVsFine: this is too strong, because then one would also have to distinguish "x qua self-identity" from x - also essential properties should not make up the qua. - Only contingent properties are ment to occur in the explanation.
>Mereology, >P. Simons, >Explanations.
Simons: most qua-objects have incorporated their explanation, not as a property. - (This already exists in Principia Mathematica⁽¹⁾).
Qua-objects provide an ontological dependency for a conceptual dependency - e.g. fist qua clenched hand. - e.g. statue qua shaped clay.
>Statue/clay, >Conceptual dependence, >Ontological dependence.
SimonsVs: they do not achieve anything, one cannot form with them new singular terms from old.
>Singular terms, >Concepts, >Identification, >Distinctions.

1. Whitehead, A.N. and Russel, B. (1910). Principia Mathematica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.