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| Intensionality: Intensionality is a semantic property of certain expressions that means that their meaning is not determined solely by their reference. E.g., "The morning star" refers to Venus as the object that appears in the sky in the morning, while "the evening star" refers to Venus as the object that appears in the sky in the evening. See also Reference, Meaning, Intensions, Extensions, Extensionality. _____________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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J. Locke on Intensionality - Dictionary of Arguments
Arndt II 204 Classes/species/nartural kind/intensional view/Arndt: e.g. Aristotle: Form, Entity - also Locke: in his view nominal essence. On the other hand extensional perspective: (also Locke): here a type of a complex idea, whose name can be applied to a scope (extension), which the idea of the type specifies. Similarity: results from compliance with our idea of the type. Similarity: we must assume that there is something equivalent in nature, without that we can say something about their real quality. >Similarity/Locke, >Equality, >Idea/Locke, cf. >Extension. _____________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. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Loc II H.W. Arndt "Locke" In Grundprobleme der großen Philosophen - Neuzeit I, J. Speck (Hg), Göttingen 1997 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18