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Negation, philosophy, logic: negation of a sentence. In logic, this is done by prefixing the negation symbol. Colloquially expressed by the word "not", which can be at different positions in the sentence. If the negation refers only to one sentence part, this must be made clear by the position, e.g. a predicate can be denied without negating the whole sentence. In logic, therefore, inner and outer negation is distinguished by the use of different symbols._____________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.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
Robert Nozick on Negation - Dictionary of Arguments
II 234
double negation: "not-(not-q)" is weaker than "q" - it is the same as "may" ("might") - not the same as "would".
>Stronger/weaker, cf. >Strength of theories, >Double negation,
>Multi-valued logic, >Truth values, >Truth._____________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
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-03-28