scholarly journals Meaning Holism and De Re Ascription

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Whiting
Keyword(s):  
Prima Facie ◽  
De Re ◽  
Inferential Role ◽  
Theory Of Meaning ◽  
Meaning Holism ◽  
Inferential Role Semantics

According to inferential role semantics (IRS), for an expression to have a particular meaning or express a certain concept is for subjects to be disposed to make, or to treat as proper, certain inferential transitions involving that expression. Such a theory of meaning is holistic, since according to it the meaning or concept any given expression possesses or expresses depends on the inferential relations it stands in to other expressions.It is widely recognised that this holism leads to two prima facie problems for IRS. First, since no two speakers share the same beliefs, they will inevitably be disposed to make, or treat as correct, different inferential transitions involving an expression. Hence, according to IRS, the same word in different mouths will possess a different meaning and be understood in different ways. It seems to follow that communication is impossible.

Divine hiddenness and belief de re

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN S. CORDRY
Keyword(s):  
Prima Facie ◽  
General Application ◽  
De Re ◽  
Divine Hiddenness ◽  
De Dicto

AbstractIn this paper I argue that Poston and Dougherty's attempt to undermine the problem of divine hiddenness by using the notion of belief de re is problematic at best. They hold that individuals who appear to be unbelievers (because they are de dicto unbelievers) may actually be de re believers. I construct a set of conditions on ascribing belief de re to show that it is prima facie implausible to claim that seemingly inculpable and apparent unbelievers are really de re believers. Thus, while it is indeed possible that a de dicto unbeliever is a de re believer, it is unlikely that this has sufficiently general application to actual individuals to alleviate the problem of divine hiddenness.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Shea
Keyword(s):  
Mental Representation ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Inferential Role ◽  
Informational Semantics ◽  
Positive Account ◽  
Inferential Role Semantics

This chapter offers a breezy introduction to the content question, the question of what determines the content of a mental representation. Existing approaches are outlined: informational semantics, inferential role semantics, correspondence theories, ascriptionism and the intentional stance, and teleosemantics. This discussion highlights the major issues that the book’s positive account must address if it is to succeed.

scholarly journals Robert Brandoms Inferentialismus und das Problem der Kommunikation

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
Bernd Prien
Keyword(s):  
De Re ◽  
Meaning Holism

Es ist allgemein anerkannt, dass sich für Vertreter des holistischen Inferentialismus die Frage stellt, wie sprachliche Kommunikation möglich ist. Diese These führt nämlich anscheinend unausweichlich dazu, dass Behauptungen für verschiedene Sprecher verschiedene Bedeutungen haben. In seinem Buch Expressive Vernunft (EV) vertritt Brandom einen solchen Inferentialismus und gibt auch zu, dass sich das Problem der Kommunikation für seine Theorie stellt. Im ersten Teil meines Beitrags möchte ich genauer erläutern, wie sich dieses Problem im Rahmen von Brandoms Theorie propositionalen Gehalts darstellt, bevor ich im zweiten Teil Brandoms Antwort darauf vorstelle. Bezüglich dieser Antwort hat allerdings Daniel Whiting in seinem Aufsatz Meaning Holism and De Re Ascription gezeigt, dass sie eine Lücke aufweist. Im dritten Teil dieses Aufsatzes stelle ich kurz dar, worin diese Lücke besteht, und schlage eine Ergänzung zu Brandoms Antwort vor, die man im theoretischen Rahmen von EV vornehmen könnte.

Electrochemical nucleation and growth of copper on iron and aluminum: A TEM study of industrial copper cementation

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
L.E. Murr ◽  
V. Annamalai
Keyword(s):  
Metal Surface ◽  
Copper Deposit ◽  
Nucleation And Growth ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Electrochemical Reactions ◽  
Mine Shaft ◽  
De Re ◽  
Copper Precipitation ◽  
Electrochemical Nucleation ◽  
Interesting System

Georgius Agricola in 1556 in his classical book, “De Re Metallica”, mentioned a strange water drawn from a mine shaft near Schmölnitz in Hungary that eroded iron and turned it into copper. This precipitation (or cementation) of copper on iron was employed as a commercial technique for producing copper at the Rio Tinto Mines in Spain in the 16th Century, and it continues today to account for as much as 15 percent of the copper produced by several U.S. copper companies.In addition to the Cu/Fe system, many other similar heterogeneous, electrochemical reactions can occur where ions from solution are reduced to metal on a more electropositive metal surface. In the case of copper precipitation from solution, aluminum is also an interesting system because of economic, environmental (ecological) and energy considerations. In studies of copper cementation on aluminum as an alternative to the historical Cu/Fe system, it was noticed that the two systems (Cu/Fe and Cu/Al) were kinetically very different, and that this difference was due in large part to differences in the structure of the residual, cement-copper deposit.

Le temps du traumatisme. Reconstruire l’espace de la transmission

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-301
Author(s):  
Chantal Krischek
Keyword(s):  
De Re

En faisant taire l’histoire familiale, le traumatisme porte atteinte à ce qui fait la spécificité de chaque famille : sa capacité à transmettre. La transmission ne se déroule plus dans ce mouvement incessant entre le récit et son questionnement mais devient un système purement répétitif au sein duquel les croyances évolutives se transforment en dogmes disant le « tout » de l’individu. Dans ce contexte, l’auteure propose une lecture de différents symptômes au regard du traumatisme familial. Elle décrit, au travers d’une élaboration conceptuelle illustrée par des cas cliniques, son chemin thérapeutique qui est un remaillage collectif de l’histoire familiale. Il s’agit de (re)construire l’espace potentiel de la transmission comme un lieu comprenant suffisamment d’indétermination que pour faire surgir, à chaque génération, de l’inédit et de l’inattendu. Le nouveau cadre proposé délimite un espace thérapeutique regroupant plusieurs générations. Grâce à la rencontre dans l’espace partagé et au travail des mémoires individuelles, les générations différentes font l’expérience commune de l’histoire qui les a précédées. La conversation familiale prend forme, rendant possible la construction du récit commun.

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