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| Situations, philosophy: a situation is a more or less definable constellation of objects, actors, states, events, information and information channels. See also state, process, action, relations, descriptions, communication, context/context dependency, information, meaning, situation semantics, possible worlds, centered worlds, fine grained/coarse grained._____________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 Situations - Dictionary of Arguments
I 75 Situation/Cresswell: if they are to be individuals, they must be completed. Cf. >Possible worls, >Accessibility. It must be possible for a situation without an A to contain an A - but there is no individual whose existence logically isdependent on another. >Existence, >Dependence. I 76 Bare infinitive: if relation to an event, then not disjunctive. Event/Cresswell: events are not the meanings of sentences. - E.g. someone broke into my appartment: in the sense there is nothing that tells me who. The entities that are referenced to the bare infinitives are not semantic values ​​of sentences - but of situations. >Naked infinitive, >Events >Sentence meaning. II 169 Def situation/Cresswell: (essentially) a collection of individuals with certain characteristics, where the individuals are in certain relationships. >Individuals, >Properties, cf. >Facts._____________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 2024-04-18