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Terminology: This section explains special features of the language used by the individual authors. _____________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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John Bigelow on Terminology - Dictionary of Arguments
I 40 Spelling/Bigelow/Pargetter: 0 Individual (o) Property of the individual (o, o) Relation of individuals (2-digit) (o, o, o) three-digit relation ((o)) Property of property or (s) set of properties (o, (o)) Relation between individual and property I 43 Note: Universals/Terminology/Putnam/Bigelow/Pargetter: (Putnam 1975)(1) Differentiation a) 2nd degree: properties of properties b) 2nd level: properties of individuals who have these properties by virtue of their properties. (see below: Section 2., 4). I 43 Universals/Frege/Bigelow/Pargetter: (Frege 1884) would describe our universals as "objects" and not as "concepts". I 137 Definition Book Theories/Terminology/Bigelow/Pargetter: (see below Chapter 4) are reductionist possible-world theories that identify possible worlds with entities as they occur in canonical models: maximum consistent sets of sentences. 1. Putnam, H. (1975). On properties. In: Philosophical Papers, Vol 1. Cambridge University Press._____________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. |
Big I J. Bigelow, R. Pargetter Science and Necessity Cambridge 1990 |