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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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Chr. Peacocke on Significance - Dictionary of Arguments
I 34 Significance/Principle of significance/Peacocke: if we can imagine that an evidence supports a hypothesis, then this is not sufficient to show that the hypothesis is significant. >Evidence, >Confirmation, >Verification, >Verifiability. It could be that either the hypothesis or the evidence is independent of the other. >Dependence, >Independence. I 113 Principle of sensitivity: it is a priori and necessary that the thinker can on evidence* think for x the thought that x (shortened). I 114 Constitutive Role: everything what meets the requirements of the principle of sensitivity. >Constitutive role. Significance/Principle of Significance/Peacocke: if we can imagine that a proof (evidence) supports a hypothesis, then that is not sufficient for to show that the hypothesis is significant - it could be that either the hypothesis or the evidence is independent of the other. I 141 Cognitive Significance/Frege/Peacocke: identity a = b (not a = a) - ("informative"). I 165 Cognitive Significance/Peacocke: only if it is epistemically possible that a thing that as known to me as [you] and so-and-so, perhaps might not be so-and-so - i.e. the identity is informative. (> Identity/Frege)._____________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. |
Peacocke I Chr. R. Peacocke Sense and Content Oxford 1983 Peacocke II Christopher Peacocke "Truth Definitions and Actual Languges" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20