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Attribution: statements that provide an object with properties are attributions. See also self-ascription, predication.
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Peter F. Strawson on Attribution - Dictionary of Arguments

Frank I 641f
Other Minds/Mental States/Strawson: one has to be both: self- and external attributor.
Rorty: self-attribution originally based on the same type of observation as attribution.WittgensteinVsRorty: self-attribution without clues.
DavidsonVsRorty: does not show that the attributions with/without clues affect the same entities.
>Other minds
, >Self-ascription.

Donald Davidson (1984a): First Person Authority, in: Dialectica 38 (1984),
101-111
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Strawson I 127
StrawsonVsChisholm indirect attribution of direct attribution.
ChisholmVsStrawson: reversed.
>Attribution/Chisholm, >Self-ascription/Chisholm.
I 141
Attribution/Gap/Strawson: there is no logical gap between self- and external attribution - otherwise depression disappears.
Solution: special character of P predicates: that they can be attributed both to themselves and to others.
>Terminology/Strawson.
I 142
Analogy: Signs on playing cards identify them (criterion), but their meaning for the game goes beyond that - I 144 Difference. Self-attribution not because of observation - but predicates are no solution to the mind-body problem.
>Predicates/Strawson, >Mind body problem.

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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.

Strawson I
Peter F. Strawson
Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics. London 1959
German Edition:
Einzelding und logisches Subjekt Stuttgart 1972

Strawson II
Peter F. Strawson
"Truth", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Suppl. Vol XXIV, 1950 - dt. P. F. Strawson, "Wahrheit",
In
Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt/M. 1977

Strawson III
Peter F. Strawson
"On Understanding the Structure of One’s Language"
In
Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976

Strawson IV
Peter F. Strawson
Analysis and Metaphysics. An Introduction to Philosophy, Oxford 1992
German Edition:
Analyse und Metaphysik München 1994

Strawson V
P.F. Strawson
The Bounds of Sense: An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. London 1966
German Edition:
Die Grenzen des Sinns Frankfurt 1981

Strawson VI
Peter F Strawson
Grammar and Philosophy in: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol 70, 1969/70 pp. 1-20
In
Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995

Strawson VII
Peter F Strawson
"On Referring", in: Mind 59 (1950)
In
Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993

Fra I
M. Frank (Hrsg.)
Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994

Strawson VII
Peter F Strawson
"On Referring", in: Mind 59 (1950)
In
Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993


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