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| Attribute (philosophy): word for an ascribed property (i.e. habitually associated with an object). Not identical with the property._____________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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Logic Texts on Attributes - Dictionary of Arguments
Read III 210 Attributive Adjectives / Read: what is large for a mouse is not large for an elephant - e.g. "great", "few", "high", "good", "beautiful". >Sorites, >Vagueness. Vagueness: Max Black: Vagueness is not ambiguity and also not generality. It can be difficult to draw a line between what is a chair and what is not. This is where vagueness comes in and threatens the sorites. Read III 211 Tarski: separation of the language levels: Suppose we wanted to say that "15 is little" is neither true nor false. According to the T-scheme, "15 is little" is not false" is equivalent to "15 is little". So ""A" is neither true nor false" is equivalent to "15 is both little and not little". This is a contradiction. >Double negation, >Negation, >Description levels, >Levels (Order). Application/Penumbra/Read: to call it a penumbra means that it is not wrong to apply it here. It is then not wrong to say that 15 is little, and not wrong to say that 15 is not little for the same reason. So it seems that it is not wrong to say that 15 is both little and not little, which is a contradiction. >Contradiction. Vagueness/Read: the world itself is not vague. There are no vague objects._____________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. |
Logic Texts Me I Albert Menne Folgerichtig Denken Darmstadt 1988 HH II Hoyningen-Huene Formale Logik, Stuttgart 1998 Re III Stephen Read Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 Sal IV Wesley C. Salmon Logic, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1973 - German: Logik Stuttgart 1983 Sai V R.M.Sainsbury Paradoxes, Cambridge/New York/Melbourne 1995 - German: Paradoxien Stuttgart 2001 Re III St. Read Thinking About Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic. 1995 Oxford University Press German Edition: Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29