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| Operators, logic: operators are symbols for performing a function, e.g. and; or; if; then; etc._____________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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Jerry Fodor on Operators - Dictionary of Arguments
I 150 Operator/law/truth function/Fodor: it is a law, defines a non-truth-functional context (or not all the truth functions of natural-kind predicates are themselves natural-kind predicates). E.g. the inference from a premise of the form (P comprises R) and (Q comprises S) to a conclusion of the form (P v Q) comprising (R v S) is valid! >Validity. Natural kinds: Not a natural kind predicate is e.g. either friction or sunlight, because there is no law by friction or by sunlight either heat or photosynthesis are produced even if the individual disjuncts are laws. >Laws. Nevertheless: liberal reductionism: are amounts to a bracketing of individual disjunctions. Bridge statements: must be laws. From truth-functions follow no natural kinds, e.g. bumble bee or bat. >Bridge laws, >Truth functions, >Disjunction._____________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. |
F/L Jerry Fodor Ernest Lepore Holism. A Shoppers Guide Cambridge USA Oxford UK 1992 Fodor I Jerry Fodor "Special Sciences (or The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis", Synthese 28 (1974), 97-115 In Kognitionswissenschaft, Dieter Münch, Frankfurt/M. 1992 Fodor II Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz Sprachphilosophie und Sprachwissenschaft In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Fodor III Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz The availability of what we say in: Philosophical review, LXXII, 1963, pp.55-71 In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18