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| Expression: phrase, word, formula, or part of a formula. Below the level of sentences, therefore not true or false._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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N. Goodman on Expressions - Dictionary of Arguments
I 25 Exemplification and expression/Goodman: exemplification and expression point in the same direction, which is exactly opposite to the denotation (name). (Denotation belongs more to saying and writing). >Denotation. I 60 For the direct quote both are important: naming and including. Each expression is a paraphrase of itself. --- III 55ff Definition "expressions"/Goodman: expressions are here the first reference to a sense or another property. Not to their presence! One can also express emotions that one does not have. Expression: an expression is e.g. a feeling. Representation: a representation is an object or event. III 58 The gray image, does not denote the color gray, but is denoted by the predicate "gray". III 59 Not every exemplification is expression but each expression is exemplification. III 60 Definition exemplification: exemplification is ownership plus reference. (The ostension is missing reference.) >Reference. III 61 A figure which exemplifies the triangularity, exemplifies not always a "three sided-ness"! Although it is three-sided. Also language dependent: "rouge" does not exemplify "red"! III 88 Definition what is expressed: what is expressed, is exemplified metaphorically. >Metaphors. III 92 While almost everything can denote almost everything else or even represent, a thing can only express what belongs to it, but not what originally belonged to it (e.g. glue factory). Ultimately, it is a matter of habit. >Representation. III 94 Name a feature and express it are two different things. And a poem or a story does not need to express what he/she says, or to say what it expresses. III 94 Def exemplification: exemplification relates the symbol to a description, which it denotes. >Descriptions, >Symbols. III 96 Def expression: the expression relates the symbol to a description which it denotes metaphorically and by that not only indirectly on the metaphorical but also onto the literal area of this label. Conclusion: when a expresses b then: 1. a owns b or is denoted by it, 2. this possession or this denotation is metaphorical, 3. a refers to b._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
G IV N. Goodman Catherine Z. Elgin Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences, Indianapolis 1988 German Edition: Revisionen Frankfurt 1989 Goodman I N. Goodman Ways of Worldmaking, Indianapolis/Cambridge 1978 German Edition: Weisen der Welterzeugung Frankfurt 1984 Goodman II N. Goodman Fact, Fiction and Forecast, New York 1982 German Edition: Tatsache Fiktion Voraussage Frankfurt 1988 Goodman III N. Goodman Languages of Art. An Approach to a Theory of Symbols, Indianapolis 1976 German Edition: Sprachen der Kunst Frankfurt 1997 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18