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Semantic holism, philosophy: semantic holism is the view that the meaning of all linguistic expressions depends on the meanings of other expressions. See also holism, persuasive holism, meanings, semantics, truth conditions, assertibility conditions, truth, assertiveness, expressiveness._____________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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Michael Esfeld on Semantic Holism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 83/84 Semantic Holism/Esfeld: semantic holism is about how you can have translations (metaphysics) but not how to have access to them (epistomology). You have to speak the whole language to understand a statement. Statements are ontologically dependent on other statements. >Meaning holism, >Beliefs, >World/thinking, >Individuation/Esfeld, >Statements, >Propositions, >Meaning._____________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. |
Es I M. Esfeld Holismus Frankfurt/M 2002 |