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| Existence, philosophy, logic: the fact that there is something to which properties can be attributed. That does not mean that something has to be given immediately or can be perceived by the senses. See also ontology, properties, predicates, existence statements, realism, quantification, ascription._____________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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H. Wessel on Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 158 Existence/Wessel: existence predicate - "E" - then with an empty object: neither s <--P nor s >Existence predicate. I 332ff Existence/Wessel: predicate - because of empirical existence - therefore not possible to question:"what is existence?", no examples assignable - (s) because everything is an example - truth: can be defined only by logical means, existence not. >Definition, >Definability. I 333 Existence/Wessel: if X is a statement, a predicate term or a relational term, then the question of whether X exists, is meaningless - the possible answers E(X) or ~ E(X) are no statements. >Levels/order. Solution: a) form a subject term "tX": "the statement X" - or b): "sX": "the fact that X". I 357f Object/existence/Wessel: different meanings for singular term, general term, class or individual. >Singular terms, >General terms, >Classes, >Individuals. I 358 Individuals/object/Wessel: the term "a is an individual" is synonymous with the term "a is an individual term". >Existence statements._____________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. |
Wessel I H. Wessel Logik Berlin 1999 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27