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| Intensions: intensions are reference objects resulting from a linguistic description, in contrast to the material objects (extensions) that may differ therefore, whether due to inaccuracies, or by the use of indexical expressions. Examples of intensions are “the oldest person in the room”, “the winner”, “John's favorite quote”, “the one who violates the speed limit”. See also morning star/evening star, extensionality, extension._____________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 Intensions - Dictionary of Arguments
II 70 Definition Intension: the predicate P: that what defines the extension in every world. >Extensions. II 70 Intension/Extension/Cresswell: this distinction is in contrast to the distinction sense/reference. >Sense, >Reference, cf. >Fregean sense, >Fregean meaning. Intension/extension: is distinguished within the realm of the reference - reference: any linguistic expression is simply an intension. Intension: is simply something that is the element of a D's ((s) of any meaning category.) >Meaning category. Intension: that what is known if one knows the meaning of a simple predicate. >Meaning, >Predicates. II 149 Morning Star/Evening Star/Kripke/Cresswell: since Kripke the evening star/morning star problem is mostly formulated with Phosphorus and Hesperus - (names are more problematic than descriptions). >Names, >Descriptions, >Phosphorus/Hesperus._____________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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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-25