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Predication, philosophy: predication is the attribution of a property to an object. See also attribution._____________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 Predication - Dictionary of Arguments
I 148 Identity/one-place predicates/Stalnaker: you cannot generally treat sentences as predications. E.g. "x^(Hx u Gx)" is an instance of the form Fs, but "(Hs u Gs)" is not. >Substitution, >Inserting, >Valuation, >Interpretation, >Fine-grained/coarse-grained. Therefore our identity scheme is more limited than Leibniz' law is usually formulated. >Leibniz Principle._____________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 |