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| Sortals - Psychology Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Sortal, philosophy: Sortal is an expression for a concept that summarizes several countable objects on the basis of common characteristics. ( "varieties/sorts"). The use of the term "sortal" is intended to avoid, among other things, the use of terms such as categories or universals that would require a variety of additional assumptions. See also order, generality, generalization, general terms, identity, identity conditions, criteria, change, classes, categories, universals, conceptual realism, mass terms._____________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. | |||
| Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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| Brandom, Robert | Sortals | Brandom, Robert | |
| Field, Hartry | Sortals | Field, Hartry | |
| Kripke, Saul A. | Sortals | Kripke, Saul A. | |
| Simons, Peter M. | Sortals | Simons, Peter M. | |
| Tugendhat, E. | Sortals | Tugendhat, E. | |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2025-11-08 | |||
