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| Existence, philosophy, logic: the fact that there is something to which properties can be attributed. That does not mean that something has to be given immediately or can be perceived by the senses. See also ontology, properties, predicates, existence statements, realism, quantification, ascription._____________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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E. Tugendhat on Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
II 33ff Existence: "There are examples"/Quine = statement about our whole world. - Tugendhat: Ex "There are lions", "The devil does not exist" are not statements about lions and devils, but about the world. >Existence/Quine. - - - I 106 Existence: The sentence "The devil exists" has in reality the form: "There is one and only one object which is devilish". >Existence statements, >"Exactly one". Negation: If I say: "There is no object which is devilish", I have no consciousness of a non-existent object. >Nonexistence, >Negation. This is true for all objects in space and time, but not for the space and time places themselves. One can say "think that the highway does not pass 200 meters from here", but one cannot say "think that there is no place 200 meters from here". >Space, >Spacetime._____________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. |
Tu I E. Tugendhat Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Sprachanalytische Philosophie Frankfurt 1976 Tu II E. Tugendhat Philosophische Aufsätze Frankfurt 1992 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28