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Situations, philosophy: a situation is a more or less definable constellation of objects, actors, states, events, information and information channels. See also state, process, action, relations, descriptions, communication, context/context dependency, information, meaning, situation semantics, possible worlds, centered worlds, 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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J. Hintikka on Situations - Dictionary of Arguments
II 18 Situation/worlds/possible world/epistemic logic/Hintikka: the propositional alternatives I call "scenarios" or "models" can be states, situations, event progresses or entire world histories. II 206 Situation/Hintikka: an interesting question is how small egocentric situations can be when put together to form a larger comprehensive "world view". Relations: there should be at least three types of relations between situations: 1. spatial, 2. temporal and 3. the distinction between fine-grained and coarse-grained situations. It is best to study these separately. Cf. >Possible worlds/Hintikka, >Fine-grained/coarse-grained._____________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. |
Hintikka I Jaakko Hintikka Merrill B. Hintikka Investigating Wittgenstein German Edition: Untersuchungen zu Wittgenstein Frankfurt 1996 Hintikka II Jaakko Hintikka Merrill B. Hintikka The Logic of Epistemology and the Epistemology of Logic Dordrecht 1989 |