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| Understanding: the ability to give reasons for a distinction or to justify a selection of options.
For the understanding of signs and words plays a role, whether one can connect an object with the word or sign, as well as whether one can replace the sign or word with another sign or word. In order to understand full sentences, the context must be grasped as well. A point of contention is whether knowing the truth conditions gives the sentence its meaning. In other words Whether there is the knowledge about what should be if the sentence were true. If that is correct, there is no need to know whether the sentence is true (cf. M. Dummett, Ursprünge der analytischen Philosophie Frankfurt 1992, p. 20). See also substitution, truth conditions, knowledge._____________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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Nelson Goodman on Understanding - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 35 Understanding/art/Goodman: in order to understand a work, we do not have to know what properties it has at the moment, but which of them it exemplifies. >Exemplification. IV 152 Similarity/image/Goodman: the thesis of similarity in the image competence is sharing its weakness with a rule theory of language competence: namely, the inability to explain figurative use. >Similarity, >Picture. IV 152 Understanding a picture, means often to understand what its symbols represent figuratively. Example: if a knight is represented with his dog on the side, the dog typically symbolizes loyalty. We must grasp the literal and the metaphorical meaning. >Metaphors. IV 153 It is also not intuitively apparent that figures on Egyptian paintings represent generally. The difference between the general and the particular and the way in which this difference is converted picturally, are things that must be learned. IV 160 Misconceptions: 1. The belief that it is about all or nothing when understanding a symbol. 2. That there is a single, uniquely correct interpretation for each symbol. However, understanding allows gradations. No rules guarantee that a correct interpretation can be achieved. Recipes do not exist. >Symbols, >Interpretation._____________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. |
G IV N. Goodman Catherine Z. Elgin Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences, Indianapolis 1988 German Edition: Revisionen Frankfurt 1989 Goodman I N. Goodman Ways of Worldmaking, Indianapolis/Cambridge 1978 German Edition: Weisen der Welterzeugung Frankfurt 1984 Goodman II N. Goodman Fact, Fiction and Forecast, New York 1982 German Edition: Tatsache Fiktion Voraussage Frankfurt 1988 Goodman III N. Goodman Languages of Art. An Approach to a Theory of Symbols, Indianapolis 1976 German Edition: Sprachen der Kunst Frankfurt 1997 |
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