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Indeterminacy, philosophy: An object is indeterminate if its linguistic description indicates fewer characteristics than a member of a (linguistic) community usually needs to distinguish the object from other objects. See also uncertainty of translation, vagueness, under-determinateness, inscrutability, determinateness.
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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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Chris Frith on Indeterminacy - Dictionary of Arguments

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Meaning/words/language/Frith: the problem of the meaning of words is a version of the problem of movements and goals.
Movement: e.g. from the movement of walking we do not see whether someone wants to go to the next bakery or to Patagonia.
>Motion
, >Motion/Frith.
I 219
Inverse Problem/backward/ambiguity/meaning/movement/Frith:
Definition forward problem: what happens when I exert certain forces on this system: this problem is solvable.
>Ambiguity.
Inverse problem: when this movement happens, what is the intention, what forces does it result from? An ambiguity remains, there are several solutions.
Brain/movement/Frith: we do not know exactly how the brain defines the "best solution" for movements.
>Brain, >Brain states, >Brain/Frith.

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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.

Frith I
Chris Frith
Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World, Hoboken/NJ 2007
German Edition:
Wie unser Gehirn die Welt erschafft Heidelberg 2013


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