Comments on: “Nonindexical Contextualism” John MacFarlane http://www.philosophersdigest.com/synthese/nonindexical-contextualism-john-macfarlane Timely Reviews of Current Philosophy Articles Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:39:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: CI http://www.philosophersdigest.com/synthese/nonindexical-contextualism-john-macfarlane/comment-page-1#comment-87 CI Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:34:16 +0000 http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=661#comment-87 Sure: The extension of a sentence (on an occasion of use) is its truth value while its content is the proposition it expresses (on that occasion of use). Sentences expressing different contents can nonetheless have the same extension. The extension of a predicate is the set of objects that the predicate applies to. The content expressed by a predicate is the concept associated with it. Again, predicates expressing different concepts can have the same extension. Maybe some of the other terminology for that distinction is more familiar: `Extension'/`Intension' or `Bedeutung'/`Sinn'. Sure: The extension of a sentence (on an occasion of use) is its truth value while its content is the proposition it expresses (on that occasion of use). Sentences expressing different contents can nonetheless have the same extension.

The extension of a predicate is the set of objects that the predicate applies to. The content expressed by a predicate is the concept associated with it. Again, predicates expressing different concepts can have the same extension.

Maybe some of the other terminology for that distinction is more familiar: `Extension’/`Intension’ or `Bedeutung’/`Sinn’.

]]> By: Iris Einheuser http://www.philosophersdigest.com/synthese/nonindexical-contextualism-john-macfarlane/comment-page-1#comment-53 Iris Einheuser Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:05:20 +0000 http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=661#comment-53 Sure: The extension of a sentence (on an occasion of use) is its truth value while its content is the proposition it expresses (on that occasion of use). Sentences expressing different contents can nonetheless have the same extension. The extension of a predicate is the set of objects that the predicate applies to. The content expressed by a predicate is the concept associated with it. Again, predicates expressing different concepts can have the same extension. Maybe some of the other terminology for that distinction is more familiar: `Extension'/`Intension' or `Bedeutung'/`Sinn'. Sure: The extension of a sentence (on an occasion of use) is its truth value while its content is the proposition it expresses (on that occasion of use). Sentences expressing different contents can nonetheless have the same extension.

The extension of a predicate is the set of objects that the predicate applies to. The content expressed by a predicate is the concept associated with it. Again, predicates expressing different concepts can have the same extension.

Maybe some of the other terminology for that distinction is more familiar: `Extension’/`Intension’ or `Bedeutung’/`Sinn’.

]]> By: Cihan Baran http://www.philosophersdigest.com/synthese/nonindexical-contextualism-john-macfarlane/comment-page-1#comment-52 Cihan Baran Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:39:50 +0000 http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=661#comment-52 Hello, Would you care to clarify the distinction between "extension" and "content"? Thanks, Cihan Hello,

Would you care to clarify the distinction between “extension” and “content”?

Thanks,
Cihan

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