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| Individuation, philosophy: the picking out of an object by a determination by means of additional information which is not to be derived from a single statement which contains this object. For example, beliefs are individualized by content, not e.g. by the length of the character strings with which they are expressed. The contents of a belief are, in turn, not individuated by their repetition, but by other contents._____________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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P. Simons on Individuation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 129 Individuation/ontology/Simons: mere hyphenated words shall not create a new ontology, because they can not be individuated without the parts. >Epistemic/ontologic, >Definitions, >Definability, >Ontology. I 186 Individuation/mereology/Simon: for individuation mereological terms are important, e.g. to see what Fido is, we must be able to decide what is a part of it at a certain time, which overlaps with it and what is separated from it. >Mereology, >Parts. Problem: Fido itself is not mereologically constant. Solution: we must know the limits within which metabolism is permitted. Type: the type does not specify which particular parts the thing has, but what type of parts it normally does have and what relations these usually relate to each other. >Type/Token._____________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. |
Simons I P. Simons Parts. A Study in Ontology Oxford New York 1987 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18