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| Substitution: in a formula, a symbol can be substituted for another symbol under certain conditions. E.g. If a constant is substituted for a variable, a propositional function becomes a statement. See also Substitutability, Generality, Validity, Statements, Propositional functions, 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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Stephen Schiffer on Substitution - Dictionary of Arguments
I 202 Substitution/eliminability/Schiffer: is made possible here by the predicate "means the same as". >Synonymy. Likewise, elimination of ambiguity. >Ambiguity. This does not require compositional semantics. >Compositionality. Extension for radical interpretation/natural language/Schiffer: new predicate "x1 means for x2 what x3 means for x4". >Radical interpretation._____________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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