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Ambiguity: Ambiguity is the property of a word, phrase, or sentence that has more than one possible meaning.
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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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David Chalmers on Ambiguity - Dictionary of Arguments

I 63
Ambiguity/Primary/Secondary Intension/Chalmers: there is no danger of ambiguity in truth conditions when they are related to the actual world.
>Truth conditions
, >Possible worlds, >Reference,
>Certainty, >Intensions, >Primary intension, >Propositions/Chalmers,
>Centered worlds.

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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.

Cha I
D. Chalmers
The Conscious Mind Oxford New York 1996

Cha II
D. Chalmers
Constructing the World Oxford 2014


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