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| Interpretation: A) Making statements about other statements, whereby new vocabulary may be introduced. If no new vocabulary is introduced, new information can be obtained by changing the syntactic grouping. B) In logic, interpretation is the insertion of values (objects) instead of the constants or free variables. _____________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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St. Schiffer on Interpretation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 115 Interpretative meaning theory/interpreted/Davidson: 1. You must know what is determined and relativized to expressions by an extensional finite Tarskian truth theory 2. Conscience empirical conditions are satisfied (usually principle of charity) 3. We would know that 1. and 2. exist. ((s) This is Davidson's solution for the problem, that the equivalence "Snow is white" is true iff grass is green, holds.) >Homophony, >Truth definition, >Principle of charity. This works only for a counterfactual conditional: "what would be the case ...". Otherwise it is not realistic for any actual speaker. >Counterfactual conditional. Problem: there is no Tarskian theory for natural languages. >Truth definition/Tarski. Strange feature/Schiffer: that there then has to be a content-determining property, which is not known by any speaker. Solution: it is in the non-propositional or subdoxastic knowledge. It is in any case "represented internally". Subdoxastic knowledge: >Beliefs/Schiffer. Schiffer: this is not a mistake of Davidson._____________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. |
Schi I St. Schiffer Remnants of Meaning Cambridge 1987 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19