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| Change: In philosophy, change consists in the alternation of properties of an object in time. See also process, flux, motion, spacetime, four-dimensionalism, mapping, representation, identity, temporal identity, identification, change of 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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H. Wessel on Change - Dictionary of Arguments
I 365f Change/WesselVsHegel: not from "being" and "nothing", we need empirical givenness for introduction. >Logic/Hegel. Empirical imagination is already provided in the logic. >Logic, >Change. Time: introduced through relatively regular processes, e.g. Earth's rotation. Change can also be introduced without time. >Introduction. "Paradox of change": the body has the property and at the same time it does not. a) two-digit predicate: "something turns into something else" b) single-digit: "something changed", "something becomes true" - E.g. "the water is moving" - >event: from change predicate sA => sB: "s(sA => sB)" sA: "the fact that A"._____________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. |
Wessel I H. Wessel Logik Berlin 1999 |
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