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World: The expression "world" refers to the entirety of existence, including the physical universe, diverse cultures, societies, and natural phenomena. It represents the interconnectedness within the cosmos, offering a perspective on the tangible and intangible aspects of existence. See also Totality, Existence, Reality, World/thinking._____________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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Hartry Field on World - Dictionary of Arguments
I 55 "Physical world"/terminology/Field: a) narrow sense: without quantification over mathematical entities b) wide sense: with quantification over mathematical entities e.g. assumption of the existence of sets: - e.g. "The set of apples in this room corresponds 1/1 with the set {0,1]}". >Ontology, >Mathematical entities. Narrow sense: e.g. "There are different x and y, which are apples in this room and these are such that every apple in the room is either x or y". - That is only about the physical world. Narrow sense/Terminology/FieldField: instead of "statement about the physical world" I say: "nominalistic statement". >Nominalism, >Reality, >World/thinking, >Platonism._____________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. |
Field I H. Field Realism, Mathematics and Modality Oxford New York 1989 Field II H. Field Truth and the Absence of Fact Oxford New York 2001 Field III H. Field Science without numbers Princeton New Jersey 1980 Field IV Hartry Field "Realism and Relativism", The Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1982), pp. 553-67 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 |