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| Demonstratives: E.g. this, that, that one. Problems in language use arise because of lack of clarity when referring back to prior description. - In logic there is a missing expressibility of uniqueness. See also anaphora, deixis, relations, logical proper names, index words, indexicality, iota operator._____________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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Robert Nozick on Demonstratives - Dictionary of Arguments
II 225 Demonstratives / possible worlds / knowledge / belief / Nozick: "given that" compels us to keep things constant and therefore to consider more distant worlds - also demonstratives can fix things. >Index words, >Indexicality, >Possible worlds, >Identity across worlds, >Centered worlds. II 226 E.g. "Do I know that this e- thing (a pen with familiar scratch) is h? "here e is kept fixed (constant) and the answer seems to provoke the skeptic that h is not known. Solution: in reality it is about "non-(e and non-h)" which is not known. >Knowledge, >Certainty, >Recognition. Skepticism: if e is the only evidence and does not imply (entail) h, how do we know that h, given e? >Evidence, >Hypotheses, >Entailment. Narrower skepticism: goes even further: e falls into a class of statements (about behavior), and h (the conclusion) to another (via mental states). >Skepticism, >Mental states, >Index words, >Indexicality, >Behavior, >Conclusion._____________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. |
No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |
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