Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 1
Metaphysics/Stalnaker: metaphysics asks how the world is, not how we think about it.
I 2
CarnapVsMetaphysics: in metaphysics there is a confusion of discovery and stipulation.
I 15
Def understanding/Stalnaker: thesis: we understand the informational or propositional content in terms of distinguishing between options.
Def metaphysics: metaphysics concerns the distinctions that need to be made between options.
>Possibility, >Logical possibility, >Metaphysical possibility.
Def semantics: semantics affects our ability to represent options and to distinguish between them.
>Semantics, >Intentionality, >Meaning (Intending).
Representation: we can only judge representation if we know how our logical space is structured.
>Representation.
Descriptive semantics: descriptive semantics asks what the semantic value of expressions is. Basic semantics: basic semantics asks, due to which facts they have this value.
Metaphysical: metaphysical is inconceivable.
I 181
Metaphysics/Essentialism/Kripke/Stalnaker: thesis: the only role of theory in Kripke is that it serves to reject false arguments based on the confusion of two different questions (metaphysical and semantic questions).
>Essence/Kripke, >Metaphysics/Kripke, >Essentialism/Kripke, >Essentialism.