Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Concept: a concept is a term for an entity with certain properties. The properties of an object correspond to the features of the concept. These concept features are necessary in contrast to the properties of an individual object, which are always contingent._____________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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Ronald W. Langacker on Concepts - Dictionary of Arguments
Gärdenfors I 34 Concepts/Langacker/Gärdenfors: (Langacker 1987)(1): Thesis: one concept presupposes another concept. >Meaning holism, >Semantic holism, >Holism. GärdenforsVsLangacker: this is ambiguous: a) a car part can be replaced, the car remains a car - b) but this is not the case with color compositions. Therefore, the color space has no meronic structure. (Meronomic: part-whole structure). Solution/Gärdenfors: my assumption of the convexity of regions: what lies between two points in the conceptual domain has the same property as the concepts located at the two outer points. >Domain/Gärdenfors. 1. R. W. Langacker (1987). Foundations of cognitive grammar (Vol I). Stanford, CA: Stanford Universtity Press._____________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. |
Langa I Ronald W. Langacker Foundations of Cognitive Grammar Stanford, CA 1999 Gä I P. Gärdenfors The Geometry of Meaning Cambridge 2014 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27