PHIL 3225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Formal Language, Principle Of Compositionality, Demonstrative
13 Mar 2018
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"on the surface the answer to the question why someone may be a good dancer and a bad pianist is quite obvious. [that is to say: sue as a dancer is good; sue as a pianist is good. ] Being good at dancing and being good at playing the piano are different ways of being good. This seems to be the correct analysis of "good" and many other adjectives [like. "skillful," "boring," "indifferent," etc. ]. " (132) w in short: if x is good, x is good in a role or in a way. "as it stands, this explanation is in accordance with the analysis that regards "good" as a predicate modifier. "good thing" w according to geach then, "the reason why "good event" does not have clear truth- conditions is that "event" does not have a clear content. " w but this response is unsatisfactory if one considers the following examples: [coming out of a ceremony: "that was a good event. "]
