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| Everyday language: normal language, spoken within a community. Not strictly formalizable. Antonym to ideal language, formal language. - Theories of truth can only partly be applied to everyday language. See also Truth definition, Meaning theory, Idiolect, Tarski._____________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 Everyday Language - Dictionary of Arguments
I 250f Attribution theory: thesis: that you condemn a thing, by "calling it bad". But that must be explained by the more general concept of predication, and such predication can also happen without condemnation; nor can you explain "done deliberately" by attribution of responsibility or characterize "being imposed" without describing the act as such first. Attribution theory/Oxford: here it was not about description but "confirmation". >Description, >Confirmation, >Attribution, GeachVsAttribution theory: you can come up with lots of such theories - the really important distinction is between naming and predication. >Naming, >Predication._____________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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