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| Significance: Significance refers to the importance, meaning, or relevance of something within a particular context or in relation to a specific purpose or understanding. In statistics, significance refers to the probability that an observed result is due to chance alone. A result is considered to be statistically significant if it is unlikely to occur by chance if the null hypothesis is true. See also Statistics, Chance, Probability, Differences, Meaning. _____________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 Brandom on Significance - Dictionary of Arguments
I 622 Significance/Brandom: is the accessibility for us in time and space. I 668 Inferential significance: is not transmitted in communication and also does not contain it. - E.g. If I believe that Zarathustra is the sun then "The sun is shining" in my mouth means something else. Cf. >Externalism._____________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. |
Bra I R. Brandom Making it exlicit. Reasoning, Representing, and Discursive Commitment, Cambridge/MA 1994 German Edition: Expressive Vernunft Frankfurt 2000 Bra II R. Brandom Articulating reasons. An Introduction to Inferentialism, Cambridge/MA 2001 German Edition: Begründen und Begreifen Frankfurt 2001 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16