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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.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
St. Schiffer on Substitution - Dictionary of Arguments
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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
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-03-28