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| Theoretical terms: expressions for unobservable objects which are indirectly inferred by a theory from the application of its methods and which are in accordance with the rules of application of the vocabulary of the theory. See also unobservables, observation, observation language, observation theorems, Carnap conditional, Ramsey theorem, existence. _____________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 Theoretical Terms - Dictionary of Arguments
I 29 Theoretical Term/Folk Psychology/Lewis/Schiffer: Theoretical terms get their meaning from the roles they play in the theory that they introduce. >Conceptual role, >Theories. Verbs for propositional attitudes get their meaning through their functional role. >Functional role. Folk Psychology/Schiffer: a few years ago it was represented by all stringent materialists. Today it is represented by no one. >Folk psychology. SchifferVsFolk Psychology: no common sense theory has the means to define belief/desires. It would have to formulate law-like generalizations. - We do not wish in everyday life to rely on psychological laws. LewisVsVs: there must be covering laws. >Covering laws. I 30 SchifferVsCovering laws. Solution: we attribute belief under certain conditions, even without laws. Folk Psychology/Schiffer: 3 types of generalization: 1. functional roles for influencing beliefs among themselves 2. input conditions for perception (they cannot be part of common knowledge) 3. output conditions for actions. - Problem: E.g. blind people can have our belief, but not our folk psychology._____________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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