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| Everyday language: normal language, spoken within a community. Not strictly formalizable. Antonym to ideal language, formal language. - Theories of truth can only partly be applied to everyday language. See also Truth definition, Meaning theory, Idiolect, Tarski._____________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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Richard Montague on Everyday Language - Dictionary of Arguments
Hacking I 180 Everyday language/Montague: thesis: the everyday language primarily uses quantifiers of the second order. >Quantifiers, >Quantification, >Comparisons, >Comparability. ((s) For relations, comparisons etc. - Logical quantifiers in first and second order logic are "all", "at least one". >Logic, >Second order logic, >Properties, >Quantification over properties. Second order quantifiers in normal language are expressions like "the bigger ones", "two of her sisters" etc. other examples are "someone", "nobody". (Second order quantifiers go ovor properties.) >Every/each/all, >Nobody._____________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. |
Hacking I I. Hacking Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh 1983 German Edition: Einführung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften Stuttgart 1996 |
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