Someone; philosophy, logic: a problem in relation to the expression "someone" in logic and philosophy is the indeterminacy of reference. It is also the question wether the range of the expression is "at least one" or "possibly everybody". See also Reference, Quantification, Existential quantification, Universal quantification, Existential Generalization, Ambiguity, Indexicality, Context, Objects of thought._____________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. |