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| Way of givenness, manner of presentation, philosophy: expression from G. Frege for distinguishing meaning (in Frege's sense of meaning that upon which a term refers - today "reference") and the sense (in Frege's use of the term, what we today call "meaning"). The givenness depends both on the circumstances and the individual language use. Carnap introduces the concept of "intension" for the way of givenness. See also intensions, extensions, propositions, propositional attitudes, improper speech, proper speech, improper sense, proper sense, meaning, 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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Stephen Schiffer on Way of Givenness - Dictionary of Arguments
I 53 Givenness/manner of presentation/way of givenness/propositional theory/Schiffer. Variant: instead of "Henry thinks that this girl is wise" (index word) (Em) m is a way of givenness this girl & B (Henry) Problem: that does not tell us which proposition Henry believes, but only that he believes any known feature in the propositional theory. >Propositions, >Beliefs, >Opacity, >Content, >Index words. I 277 Identity/way of presentation/Schiffer: Solution: you can simply accept conflicting beliefs ("it is a dog but not a shmog"). Superman/Clark Kent: Lois Lane believes that Kent is identical with himself. Problem: then you cannot accept for natural kind concepts without even concede it at the same time also for singular terms in sentences. Fido-Fido: explains why dogness and shmogness do not refer to the same proposition - (despite equality extension): because Tanya does not believe that shmogs are dogs. >arthritis/shmarthritis, > Externalism. Nathan SalmonVs all: Fido-Fido example "Fido" = Fido._____________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. |
Schi I St. Schiffer Remnants of Meaning Cambridge 1987 |
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