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| Terms, philosophy: a term in the general sense is an expression below the level of whole sentences, e.g. a concept, a name or a predicate. There are terms for individual objects, for general items, for abstract and for concrete entities. See also singular terms, general terms, relative terms, abstract terms, names, identifiers, concepts._____________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 Terms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 71 Terms/concepts/GeachVsTradition: a term cannot switch from subject to predicate position without changing the meaning. Geach per Aristotle, "man" and "Socrates" can be treated both as a name, but danger: Confusion of Name and predicate. >Name/Geach, >Predicate/Geach._____________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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