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Nelson Goodman on World/Thinking - Dictionary of Arguments
I 20 ff World/Goodman: worlds are created by groupings and classifications of kinds. They can contain heterogeneous substances. Worlds do not necessarily differ in the fact that something is omitted, but that different divisions are made by other relevances. There is nothing unstructured. >Systems, >Order, >Structures, >Possible worlds, >Relevance. I 23 f For example, a green emerald and a grue emerald, even if it is the same emerald, they belong to worlds that are divided into different kinds. >Grueness. The same is true for a Christ of Piero della Francesca and a Rembrandt, even though the figure represented is the same. World Creation/Goodman: the creation of a world happens not only through the literal, but also through the metaphorical. I 27ff Worlds can also be created by omitting: e.g. proofreading, e.g. seeing a magic show. I 128 Our world is also the heritage of the sciences and historians, such as the novelists and painters. --- IV 71 The task of describing the world is as meaningless as to describe the number between 2 and 7. IV 71 The world disappears as soon as we become aware of a peculiar feature of certain pairs of apparently contradictory statements. IV 76 There is no way to customize a world, except with the help of a version. IV 77 We can make sense of the fact that conflicting interpretations have to do with the same text, but not of the assertion that conflicting versions have to do with the same world._____________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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> Counter arguments against Goodman
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2023-09-23