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Interpretation: A) Making statements about other statements, whereby new vocabulary may be introduced. If no new vocabulary is introduced, new information can be obtained by changing the syntactic grouping. B) In logic, interpretation is the insertion of values (objects) instead of the constants or free variables. _____________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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Galileo Galilei on Interpretation - Dictionary of Arguments
Wood II 37 Interpretation/Galilei: The observations justify the reality content, the mathematical theory justifies the interpretation. Circle: This is not a circle, because the mutual justification takes place on different levels. >Idealism, >Platonism, >Mathematics, >Theories, >Levels/order, >Levels of description. Wood II 44 Idealism/Galilei: Galilei's researches are not idealistic because she does not conceive mathematical relations as independent ideas ante rem, but as the form of nature itself. Mathematics/Galilei: mathematical concepts are not abstract. >Empiricism, >Experience, >Nature._____________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. |
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