Lexicon of Arguments

 Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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I 458
Semantics/explanation/prediction/theory/Leeds/Arthur Fine/Rorty: you cannot use semantics to explain success of predictions. - The circle stems from the attempt to be simultaneously inside and outside of our investigations. - Important argument: you do not have to choose between inside/outside, you just have to keep it apart. >Circularity, >Levels/Order.
IV 116 f
Distinction/within/without/logical form/Rorty: common form of this problem: you cannot say that only something of type x is understandable.
IV 117
If the listener has to know what a non-x is. However, this formulation is also unsatisfactory, because the concept of intelligibility is unclear when applied to things (e.g. noumenon or infinite substance).
>Understanding, >Things in themselves, >Context dependence.

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