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Meaning postulates: attempt to define the meanings of individual words of language to form a system.See also language rules._____________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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Paul Lorenzen on Meaning Postulates - Dictionary of Arguments
Chisholm II 73 Meaning postulates/Erlanger school/Lorenzen/Sauer: Kant himself points rather to Carnap and the doctrine of the predicator rules (Lorenzen): The definition of a concept is not a necessary condition for this concept to be the subject concept of an analytical judgment. The normal case according to Kant is, rather, that we first begin with analytical judgments as partial conceptual explications... II 74 ...and by means of their definition "try to come close" to the concepts. >Definitions, >Definability, >Concepts, >Meaning, >Predication, >Analyticity/Syntheticity._____________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. |
Lorn I P. Lorenzen Constructive Philosophy Cambridge 1987 Chisholm I R. Chisholm The First Person. Theory of Reference and Intentionality, Minneapolis 1981 German Edition: Die erste Person Frankfurt 1992 Chisholm II Roderick Chisholm In Philosophische Aufsäze zu Ehren von Roderick M. Ch, Marian David/Leopold Stubenberg, Amsterdam 1986 Chisholm III Roderick M. Chisholm Theory of knowledge, Englewood Cliffs 1989 German Edition: Erkenntnistheorie Graz 2004 |