[Wittrs] A New Bizarre Claim
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:32:42 -0400
SWM wrote:
>>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>>>SWM wrote:
>>>>>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>>>>>the meaning of 'identity' that is consistent with the is of
>>>>>>constitution (and, often, with claims of constitution not using
>>>>>>'is') is not identical to the meaning of 'identity' that is
>>>>>>consistent with Leibniz's Law.
>>>>>That's certainly true but the idea of "conceptually true" is
>>>>>dependent on the notion of logical identity (a thing is the same as
>>>>>itself).
>>>>what is the basis of your claim that "the idea of 'conceptually
>>>>true' is dependent on the notion of logical identity"?
>>Some good places to start:
>>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_conceptual_truth
>>A conceptual truth is one that is true by definition. That a bachelor
>>is an unmarried male is a conceptual truth.
>>http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/1303/Conceptual.pdf
>>"How do we know that vixens are female foxes? Such questions tend to
>>receive short shrift. We are told that it is a conceptual truth that
>>vixens are female foxes, or that it is conceptually impossible for
>>something to be a vixen without being a female fox, or that being a
>>vixen has conceptual connections to being female and being a fox. In
>>unfashionable terminology, `Vixens are female foxes' is said to be
>>analytic.
both these sources are using 'conceptual truth' to mean 'analytical
truth' --- 'true by definition'.
are you claiming that Searle is claiming that 'syntax does not
constitute semantics' is analytically true?
here is a better place to start your research into what is meant by
conceptual analysis: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concepts/
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