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| Singular Terms, philosophy: singular terms are linguistic expressions for individual objects or situations or totals, which can be determined as something individual. See also general terms, relative terms, abstract terms, reference._____________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. – Dictionary of Arguments. | |||
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E. Tugendhat on Singular Terms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 102 Singular Term/Tugendhat: we need it because we cannot imagine object, but we mean them. >Meaning (Intending). VsRepresentation - instead: propositional content. >Representation, >Propositional content. I 338f Singular Term/Tugendhat: difference to predicate: we cannot say analogously, the singular term 'a' stands for those object that if the predicate 'F' applies to it, the assertion 'Fa' becomes true. >Truthmakers. I 338 Then the object "a" would be the indistinguishable of all other objects to which the predicate 'F' also applies. Singular terms form equivalence classes. >Equivalence classes. I 414 Singular Term/Tugendhat: can stand for 4 types of objects: 1. demonstrative expressions: "this mountain" 2. description with location 3. other clear relation E.g. "the murderer of Schmidt" (not perception but relative feature) 4. by a single characteristic: E.g. "the highest mountain"._____________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. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. 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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