concept: referent
concept-key: https://vernacular.cloud/0.0.1/IWOmy2xGCNJtOPEf3y9KeQMI/
Definition
that to which a concept refers. The WORLD side of the MDNMIW.
Broader
Narrower
this concept has narrower concept Y
Related
enables the representation of associative (non-hierarchical) links, which can also be used to represent part-whole links that are not meant as hierarchical relationships.
Notes
Alternative Label
synonyms and near synonyms
History Note
describes significant changes to the meaning or the form of a concept
Change Note
documents fine-grained changes to a concept, for the purposes of administration and maintenance (e.g. versioning)
Editorial Note
supplies information that is an aid to administrative housekeeping, such as reminders of editorial work still to be done, or warnings in the event that future editorial changes might be made
Scope Note
supplies some, possibly partial, information about the intended meaning of a concept, especially as an indication of how the use of a concept is limited in indexing practice.
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A variety of semantic relations
Ing ed
Naming names
Signifier signified
Sentence actuality
Truth bearer truth maker
There is a asymmetric relation between the word or sentence and the truth-making scenario.
A fact has an assertional/propositional side and an actual/existential side. "Fact" is shifty across this boundary. system-scenario-event is the the "truth-making" complex.
Sellars speaks of representing and represented. The act of knowing and the thing known. Badinage speaks of shifty words that attempt to straddle the MDNMIW chasm.
Strawson complains about JL Austin that he introduces sentence shaped facts into the world.
Kit Fine's Truth Makers are another attempt to make the referent into a sentence-shaped fact. We must emphasize the asymmetric relation
Can we introduce the word grammomorphic?
Brandom gives us a nice long quote from JL Austin. Sellars as
metaphysician. Lecture 3, about 19:00