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Content: content is that part of a statement, which can be expressed by another statement, which differs in a respect from the original statement, e.g. it uses other expressions with the same reference. That, in which the second statement deviates belongs then to the vocabulary, to the syntax or grammar, the matching can be called content. See also Semantic content, Conceptual content, Mental content.
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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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M.J. Cresswell on Content - Dictionary of Arguments

II 59
Content/meaning/Cresswell: Two sentences have the same meaning if they have the same content, provided that no index words occur.
Index words prevent content = meaning.
>Synonymy
, cf. >Similarity/Frege, >Index words, >Indexicality.
II 69
Content/Information/Vollmer: Normal lighting carries no information.
Content/Dennett: Dennett proposes to understand the role of content on the personal level partly as content at the sub-personal level. ("Anticipation", however, is not isolated.).
McDowellVsDennett. >Information, >Content/Dennett, >Content/McDowell.

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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.

Cr I
M. J. Cresswell
Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988

Cr II
M. J. Cresswell
Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984


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