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| Statue/Clay: This is an example for the distinguishability or indistinguishability of the properties of an object on the basis of different characterizations or descriptions of this object. Thus the material of a statue does not have the property to refer to the object represented by the statue at the same time. See also substance, substrate, properties, rigidity, change, identity, identity conditions, description levels._____________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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Hans Vaihinger on Statue/Clay - Dictionary of Arguments
May 194 ff Statue/Condillac/Vaihinger: Gradually the senses are introduced, first of all smell then hearing, finally taste, then facial sense, finally sensuality - everything is then connected with each other in different ways - by opening or closing the entrances according to need - animated by a spirit that still has no ideas. Similar fiction: Life in complete solitude. >Thought experiments, cf. >Rylean ancestors, >Sensory impressions, >Perception, >World/thinking._____________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. |
Vaihinger I H. Vaihinger Die Philosophie des Als Ob Leipzig 1924 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19