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| General Term: a word that does not single out individuals, but sets of objects which are determined by characteristics - contrast singular term. There are problems in relation to universals and reference._____________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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Peter Geach on General Terms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 6 General Term/Geach: a general term does not apply to a specific list of objects. >Reference, >Generality, >Generalization. I 49 General Term/Geach: general terms may appear in subject position: E.g. "philosopher": then it refers directly to a certain Philosoppher. General term as a predicate: there we have other truth conditions: "truthful" does not refer to specific individuals. >Predicates/Geach. I 72 General Term/Geach: a general term can be used as a name, therefore it acts as a subject - then in contrast to a relation between whole sentences there is a relation between a pair of predicates: "Every __ is an F", "No__ is an F". >Predication, >>Attribution, >Assertion, cf. >Singular terms. _____________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. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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