PHIL 3225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jargon, Principle Of Compositionality

• School: Temple University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 3225
• Professor: David Wolfsdorf

Document Summary

Geach"s predicate modi er formulation: x is good (g(f))(x) Szab "s constructive formulation: x is good x is good in a way/role. Professor"s critique: a nominal expression is sometimes insu cient to specify the way or role. This is the problem with geach"s account: sometimes a nominal expression is unnecessary to specify the way or role or non- existent. A noun phrase can be substituted by a prepositional phrase. This is the problem with szab "s account. Geach: (g(f))(s) where g is the predicate modi er and f is the one-place predicate. Szab : (g(r))(s) where g is the incomplete one-place predicate and r is the completer or role variable, (g(d))(s) Sue is good in a dancing way. Szab argues that this formulation is not redundant. ex: a dancer can be morally good or a dancer can be good at dancing.