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| Disposition, philosophy: the tendency for a certain behavior that is not yet occurred at the present time. Problem Statements containing dispositional terms, cannot be determined in their truth value, as the relevant event has not yet occurred. In classic logic can even be concluded that a sentence containing a dispositional term will be trivially true as long as the relevant circumstances are not realized. See also dispositional terms, counterfactual conditionals, law statements._____________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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Gerhard Schurz on Dispositions - Dictionary of Arguments
I 102 Dispositional terms/Disposition/Schurz: It is impossible to trace dispositional terms completely to observational terms by extensional definitions. >Observation, >Observation sentences, >Extension, >Extensionality. I 103 Carnap's paradox/problem: if circumstances do not occur at all, implication is true because of EFQ. >EFQ = ex falso quodlibet. Solution/Carnap: bilateral reduction theorem: "given, the circumstances are met..." >Reduction. Law-like implication/notation/Schurz: >g: Is intended to exclude merely accidental circumstances. Is equivalent to counterfactual conditionals. Solution for: "If this diamond never comes into contact with water, it will dissolve in water." Correct: If it came into contact with water, it would dissolve. Law-like implication/(s): is intensional. >Implication. Dispositional term /Schurz: is a functional feature. Theoretical term /Schurz: is a structural feature. Structural feature: is cause of many dispositions, but not identical with them. I 104 Semantic: dispositional terms are defined by a single law-like regularity (regularity). Theoretical terms/semantic: TT, on the other hand, express themselves in many law-like regularities. >Theoretical terms. Disposition/Quine: should be identified with causative microstructure. >Microstructure. SchurzVsQuine: different structural features can produce the same disposition. E.g. Assume an extraterrestrial water soluble substance. E.g. Elasticity of metal is caused by different microstructure than that of rubber. Problem: Water solubility of sugar would then be different water solubility than that of the alien substance._____________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. |
Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-26