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Holism: Holism is the assumption that the elements or the subject domain of a theory are accessible only with simultaneous availability of all elements or objects of this domain. It is also assumed that a change to an element does not exclude changes to all other elements at least. The statement "everything is connected with everything" is however a wrong characterization of the holism, since it is logically erroneous.
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Anita Avramides on Holism - Dictionary of Arguments

I 86
Radical interpretation/Holism/Davidson: E.g. "There’s a whale" is not independent of "There is a mammal". - You can't draw a line anywhere where you can make a stop. - Therefore there is no distinction between simple/assembled (complex).
>Complex
, >Simplicity, >Compositionality, >Radical interpretation.
I 87
Therefore the radical interpretation cannot go step by step.
Dummett: a class of sentences should contain the questionable word.
>Understanding/Dummett.
DavidsonVsDummett: This class expands automatically to the entire language.
>Understanding/Davidson.
DavidsonVsDummett: we have to identify a corpus of sentences about situations.
>Situation.

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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.

Avr I
A. Avramides
Meaning and Mind Boston 1989


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