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| Facts, philosophy: facts are that which corresponds to a true statement or - according to some authors - is identical with a true statement. Problems result from possible multiple counting of objects, e.g. when it is spoken of a situation and additionally by the fact that this situation exists. Therefore, some authors consider the assumption of facts as something superfluous. See also truths of reason, factual truths, facts, truth, statements, knowledge, certainty, thought objects._____________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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A. Prior on Facts - Dictionary of Arguments
I 5/6 FactsPrior: true propositions are in order - but not true propositions. >Facts/Austin, >Facts/Brandom. But also partial sentences are facts - they are not tied to utterance. >Clauses, >Utterances. Propositions are not tied to uttering: the sun was hot before man appeared. >Propositions, >Reality. I 23 Fact/Strawson: facts are what statements notice - not what statements (sentences) are. >Facts/Strawson. Prior: They are not an object in addition to objects. - Facts and statements fit together, they were made to fit together. >World/Thinking, >Language and thought. PriorVsStrawson: then "no facts without statement" (false) and "Facts are logical constructions" (also wrong because they are "in the world"). Cf. >World/Rorty. Wittgenstein: facts are the world, not in the world. >Facts/Wittgenstein, >States of affairs/Wittgenstein. Prior: this is harmless, they are not "in" sentences either. Cfr. >Thought/Russell._____________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. |
Pri I A. Prior Objects of thought Oxford 1971 Pri II Arthur N. Prior Papers on Time and Tense 2nd Edition Oxford 2003 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18