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Attribution: statements that provide an object with properties are attributions. See also self-ascription, predication._____________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 Attribution - Dictionary of Arguments
I 129 Attribution/Variables/Constants/Possible Worlds/Stalnaker/Cresswell: Stalnaker uses a value attribution which is world-dependent. I.e. a term t can be attributed to an individual in a world and a different individual in another possible world. Variables/Stalnaker: refer to the same thing in all possible worlds. Variables/constants/Hintikka: also Hintikka treats variables and constants differently: because of his restriction of quantifiers we can talk about the same thing in different possible worlds. >Cross world identity. (Camps: LewisVsHintikka). - - - II 159 Propositional attitudes/attribution/that-Sentence/truth Conditions/content/Cresswell: thesis: the truth conditions of sentences with propositional attitudes are determined by the content of the that-clauses - that all it is about for me. >That-clause, >That/Cresswell, >Propositional attitudes, >Propositions, >Truth conditions. II 160 More than merely the truth conditions of the complementary sentences are involved in the attribution of propositional attitudes._____________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 |