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| Order, philosophy: order is the division of a subject area by distinctions or the highlighting of certain differences as opposed to other differences. The resulting order can be one-dimensional or multi-dimensional, i.e. linear or spatial. Examples are family trees, lexicons, lists, alphabets. It may be that only an order makes certain characteristics visible, e.g. contour lines. Ordering spaces may be more than three-dimensional, e.g. in the attribution of temperatures to color-determined objects. See also conceptual space, hierarchies, distinctness, indistinguishability, stratification, identification, individuation, specification._____________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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Robert Stalnaker on Order - Dictionary of Arguments
I 227 Order/benefit theory/benefit/scale/calibration/Von Neumann/Morgenstern/Stalnaker: e.g. someone prefers duck over salmon and salmon over oatmeal, A > B > C. Refinement of the scale: one asks a person whether they would prefer B or a 50/50 lot for A v C - if they choose B, it means that they have shifted more to the left on their scale B, closer to A. This process can be repeated to reach ever further refinements. Preferences between lots determine numerical values for benefits. Question: is it useful to compare preferences interpersonally? It does definitely not mean that there were facts that were hidden from us. E.g. just as we also cannot say that grams are less than kilometers. Solution: interpersonal comparisons are not useful, because there is no non-conventional point zero. >Comparisons, >Comparability, >Preferences, cf. >Arrow's Theorem._____________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. |
Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18