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| Mind-dependence: Mind-dependence is the philosophical view that the existence or properties of some things depend on the minds of observers. See also Extrinsic, Intrinsicness, Mind, Ontology, Intensions, Meanings, Sense._____________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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I. Hacking on Mind-Dependence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 163 Explanation/reference/consciousness dependency/HackingVsWhorf: the use of different snow words does not prove that the existence of snow types is independent of the fact that someone is thinking of powder snow. ((s) Word usage anyway does not equal thinking independently! And existence does not follow from word usage.) >Sapir-Whorf-thesis, >Language use, >Word meaning. Hacking: but this only shows that it does not follow that our categories are dependent on consciousness. >Categories, >Categorization, >Classification, >Consciousness, >World/thinking._____________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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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16