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| Is, philosophy: the word “is” has different functions like expressing an identity e.g. A is B, attributing a property e.g. the sky is blue or being contained in a set e.g. "Heaven" is a concept. These functions must not be confused. See also Copula, Predication, Equality, Equality sign, Equations._____________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 Is - Dictionary of Arguments
I 161 "is"/ Frege/Russell: "is" is ambiguous in everyday language-. HintikkaVsFrege/KulasVsFrege: (1983)(1): this is not true. Cresswell: ditto, but the normal semantics is not committed to Frege-Russell anyway. >Everyday language, >Frege/Russell view. 1. Hintikka J., Kulas J. (1983) AnyProblems — No Problems. In: The Game of Language. Synthese Language Library (Texts and Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy), vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9847-2_4_____________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 2024-04-19