@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Millikan,Ruth}, subject = {Is}, note = {I 194 "Is"/Predication/Identity/Millikan: A) Identity: e.g. "Cicero is Tullius" B) Predication: e.g. "Cicero is a Roman". Stabilization function: The difference consists in the different stabilization functions of the lowest type of "is" not in a different lexicon sense. >Predication, >Identity. I 200 "Is"/identity/function/Millikan: the function of the "is" in identity statements is parasitic on the representative-referring stabilization functions of the flanking terms. Suppose there are certain descriptions on both sides: then their referential function is only one of two alternating stabilization functions: Referential/descriptive: although certain descriptions always have a referential function, they can also be descriptive at the same time. N.B.: then the "is" of identity is never just a pure "is" of identity. It is always also an "is" of predication. I 201 "Is"/Identity/Predication/Millikan: identity and predication are not separate families or separate lowest types. >Copula, >Description level.}, note = { Millikan I R. G. Millikan Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism Cambridge 1987 Millikan II Ruth Millikan "Varieties of Purposive Behavior", in: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, R. W. Mitchell, N. S. Thomspon and H. L. Miles (Eds.) Albany 1997, pp. 189-1967 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=451267} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=451267} }