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| Internal/external: Internal questions are questions about the meaning of terms or the truth of statements within a given framework. External questions are questions about the choice of framework itself. See also Levels, Description Levels, Conceptual schemes, Language, Domains, Exterior/interior, Reference systems._____________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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Robert Stalnaker on Internal/external - Dictionary of Arguments
I 44 External questions/Carnap: an external question is a question about whether a frame is to be accepted. >Reference systems. QuineVsCarnap: all questions are asked within a linguistic context, therefore, internal and external issues are not easy to separate. >Context/Context dependence. I 45 Nevertheless, there are still external matters also in word + object. E.g. thesis: the talk about physical phenomena is regarded as a physical phenomenon itself. Stalnaker: that is possible without establishing ourselves outside the world. The the causal theory of reference has its place, too. >Causal theory of reference, >Naturalism, >Epistemology naturalized._____________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. |
Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |
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