Re: General semantics
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Another quote, and the last one from me if this topic doesn't interest anyone else. I find the book fascinating and very relevant.
"It is necessary now to compare the relational forms with the subject-
form of representation, which structurally underlies the
traditional Aristotelian-system and two-valued 'logic'. The
structural question arises whether all relations can be reduced to the
subject-predicate forms of language."
"Symmetrical relations, which hold between B and A whenever they hold
between A and B, seem plausibly expressed in the subject-predicate
language. A symmetrical and transitive relation, such as that of
'equality', could be expressed as the possession of a common
'property'. A non-transitive relation, such as that of 'inequality',
could also be considered as representing 'different properties'. But
when we analyze asymmetrical relations, the situation becomes
obviously different, and we find it a structural impossibility to give
an adequate representation in terms of 'properties' and subjectpredicates."
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