Predicator
Predicator (English predicator ) is a term from the philosophy of language and logic . It was introduced by Rudolf Carnap in his work Meaning and Necessity as a collective term for expressing all types of predicate , regardless of their arity and regardless of whether they are elementary or compound. The purpose of this concept formation is to give the ambiguous word "predicate", which in grammar a part of a sentence (see predicate (grammar) ) and in traditional logic usually the term named by the predicator (see syllogism ), a clear name for the predicate in To contrast meaning with modern logic.
In constructivist language theory, the term predicator is used in Kamlah and Lorenzen's influential work Logical Propaedeutics , whereby the focus here is on the question of how predication - the speech act ( speech act ) in which a predicator is applied to an object - comes about. "The grammatical predicate is a part of a sentence that usually contains predicators, whereas the predicator is a part of speech that can also occur in the grammatical subject."
“Predictor” should not be confused with a predictor , condition, or variable in empirical science that allows certain effects or events to be predicted.
literature
- Rudolf Carnap: Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic , Chicago 1947, extended edition 1956. ISBN 978-0-226-09347-5
- Wilhelm Kamlah, Paul Lorenzen: Logical Propädeutik , Bibliographisches Institut Mannheim, 1967. ISBN 978-3-476-01371-2
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Gottfried Gabriel : "Predicator" in: Historical Dictionary of Philosophy , Volume 7
- ↑ Kuno Lorenz: "Predicator" in: Jürgen Mittelstraß : Encyclopedia Philosophy and Philosophy of Science Volume 3, Stuttgart 1995, page 315f.
- ↑ W. Kamlah, Logical Propaedeutic , rev. Edition, p. 28 f.