Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments

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 M. Dummett - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments
 
Sense, philosophy: sense is a property of statements which makes the determination of the truth value (true or false) possible, although not guaranteed. Even false statements make sense; otherwise their falsehood could not be established. What is meaningless, therefore, is what cannot be negated. Statements about the future allow an assessment of probabilities if they are sensible without having a truth value. Wishes and commands are sensible and understandable if they can be reformulated into negative statements. See also understanding, negation, truth values, verification, determination, indeterminacy, probability, Fregean sense.
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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.
 
Author Item    More concepts for author
Adorno, Th.W. Sense   Adorno
Arendt, Hannah Sense   Arendt
Camus, Albert Sense   Camus
Castaneda, Hector-Neri Sense   Castaneda
Cavell, Stanley Sense   Cavell
Cresswell, Maxwell J. Sense   Cresswell
Dennett, Daniel Sense   Dennett
Descartes, R. Sense   Descartes
Dewey, John Sense   Dewey
Droysen, Johann Gustav Sense   Droysen
Dummett, Michael E. Sense   Dummett
Evans, Gareth Sense   Evans
Flusser, Vilém Sense   Flusser
Frege, Gottlob Sense   Frege
Freud, Sigmund Sense   Freud
Hacking, Ian Sense   Hacking
Hobbes, Thomas Sense   Hobbes
Horkheimer, Max Sense   Horkheimer
Husserl, Edmund Sense   Husserl
Huxley, Thomas Henry Sense   Huxley
Kant, Immanuel Sense   Kant
Logic Texts Sense   Logic Texts
Luhmann, Niklas Sense   Luhmann
Mates, Benson Sense   Mates
Maturana, Humberto Sense   Maturana
McDowell, John Sense   McDowell
Mead, George Herbert Sense   Mead
Meixner, Uwe Sense   Meixner
Millikan, Ruth Sense   Millikan
Montague, Richard Sense   Montague
Nietzsche, Friedrich Sense   Nietzsche
Perry, John Sense   Perry
Ranke, Leopold von Sense   Ranke
Ricoeur, Paul Sense   Ricoeur
Sade, D. A. F. de Sense   Sade
Spengler, Oswald Sense   Spengler
Weber, Max Sense   Weber
Wessel, H. Sense   Wessel
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Sense   Wittgenstein

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