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| Abstraction-Operator: An abstraction operator in philosophy is a symbol or process used to isolate and represent a specific aspect or characteristic of an object or concept, while ignoring other details. It helps in focusing on essential features for analysis or discussion, aiding in clarity and precision in philosophical reasoning._____________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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Ned Block on Abstraction-Operator - Dictionary of Arguments
from Block, Ned: difficulties with functionalism, in cognitive science, Frankfurt 1992 ad I 169 Block: Abstraction operator: the property of being a human, with pain: >Chisholm: "I'm so..." - See Attribution/Chisholm. - ((s) Ramsey-functional correlate/Block/(s): to extract what human and Marsian have in common - three steps: 1) Abstraction operator for "being in pain" 2) for "to be in a state of ..." 3) insert 2) in 1)._____________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. |
Block I N. Block Consciousness, Function, and Representation: Collected Papers, Volume 1 (Bradford Books) Cambridge 2007 Block II Ned Block "On a confusion about a function of consciousness" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27