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| Relative clause, philosophy: the question here is about which functions and which statuses relative clauses have in comparison to other types of sentences. See also general terms, singular terms, abstract terms, subsets._____________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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Peter Geach on Relative Clauses - Dictionary of Arguments
I 106 Complex terms/Relative Clause/Geach: the relation of pronoun-antecedent analog to the variable-operator is ambiguous - solution: resolution by an additional pronoun: "if", "and" etc. ((s) It is not about unity but about dissolving the unity.) Symbolic language/Geach: (e.g. quantum theory): can dissolve unity by definition: E.g. y belongs to the class of Ps: this can be different depending on whether with equality sign or epsilon: for a class x, y belongs to x and if something belongs to x, it is P. >Element relation, >Equality, >Equal sign, >Identity. E.g. wrong: "Only a woman who has lost any sense of shame is drunk". - Correct: "A woman will only become... if she .." otherwise it follows: Men never get drunk. I 120 Relative Clause/Geach: Difference: E.g.: "man who killed his brother"/"man, so that..." - "So that"/Principia Mathematica(1)/Russell/PM: "so that" is an undefined basic concept in Principia Mathematica(1). GeachVsQuine: this is equally unclear. Cf. >Lambda calculus, >Basic concept. Geach: "so that" cannot be distinguished from "and" in quantifier notation. E.g.: "The woman whom every Englishman appreciates is, above all, his mother": The relative clause here is not a general term: otherwise all appreciate the same mother! But in "... his queen ..." Solution/Geach: this has nothing to do with the relative-clause, but with the range of application expressions. >Latin prose theory: >Terminology. 1. Whitehead, A.N. and Russel, B. (1910). Principia Mathematica. Cambridge: 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. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28