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| Assertions of these relations can be read in various ways, for example: | | Assertions of these relations can be read in various ways, for example: |
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| In making these free interpretations of genres and motifs, one needs to read them in a ''logical'' rather than a ''cognitive'' sense. A statement like "<math>j\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> an instance of <math>y\!</math>" should be understood as saying that "<math>j\!</math> is a thought with the logical import that <math>x\!</math> is an instance of <math>y\!</math>", and a statement like "<math>j\!</math> proposes <math>y\!</math> a property of <math>x\!</math>" should be taken to mean that "<math>j\!</math> is a proposition to the effect that <math>y\!</math> is a property of <math>x\!</math>". | | In making these free interpretations of genres and motifs, one needs to read them in a ''logical'' rather than a ''cognitive'' sense. A statement like "<math>j\!</math> thinks <math>x\!</math> an instance of <math>y\!</math>" should be understood as saying that "<math>j\!</math> is a thought with the logical import that <math>x\!</math> is an instance of <math>y\!</math>", and a statement like "<math>j\!</math> proposes <math>y\!</math> a property of <math>x\!</math>" should be taken to mean that "<math>j\!</math> is a proposition to the effect that <math>y\!</math> is a property of <math>x\!</math>". |
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| :* In a cognitive context, if <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that <math>S\!</math> is true, and <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that <math>T\!</math> is true, then it does not have to automatically follow that <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that the conjunction <math>S\ \operatorname{and}\ T</math> is true, since an extra measure of consideration might conceivably be involved in cognizing the conjunction of <math>S\!</math> and <math>T\!</math>. | | :* In a cognitive context, if <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that <math>S\!</math> is true, and <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that <math>T\!</math> is true, then it does not have to automatically follow that <math>j\!</math> is a considered opinion that the conjunction <math>S\ \operatorname{and}\ T</math> is true, since an extra measure of consideration might conceivably be involved in cognizing the conjunction of <math>S\!</math> and <math>T\!</math>. |
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− | :* In a logical context, if <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that <math>S\!</math> is true, and <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that <math>T\!</math> is true, then it follows by these very facts alone that <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that the conjunction <math>S\ \operatorname{and}\ T</math> is true. This is analogous to a situation where, if a person <math>j\!</math> draws a set of three lines <math>AB\!</math>, <math>BC\!</math>, and <math>AC\!</math>, then <math>j\!</math> has drawn a triangle <math>ABC\!</math>, whether <math>j\!</math> recognizes the fact on reflection and further consideration or not. | + | :* In a logical context, if <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that <math>S\!</math> is true, and <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that <math>T\!</math> is true, then it follows by these very facts alone that <math>j\!</math> is a piece of evidence that the conjunction <math>S\ \operatorname{and}\ T</math> is true. This is analogous to a situation where, if a person <math>j\!</math> draws a set of three lines, <math>AB,\!</math> <math>BC,\!</math> and <math>AC,\!</math> then <math>j\!</math> has drawn a triangle <math>ABC,\!</math> whether <math>j\!</math> recognizes the fact on reflection and further consideration or not. |
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| + | Some readings of the staging relations are tantamount to statements of (a possibly higher order) model theory. For example, consider the predicate <math>P : J \to \mathbb{B} \}</math> defined by the following equivalence: |
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− | Some readings of the staging relations are tantamount to statements of (a possibly higher order) model theory. For example, the predicate <math>P : J \to \mathbb{B} = \{ 0, 1 \}</math>, defined by <math>P(j) \Leftrightarrow j\ \text{proposes}\ x\ \text{an instance of}\ y</math>, is a proposition that applies to a domain of propositions, or elements with the evidentiary import of propositions, and its models are therefore conceived to be certain propositional entities in <math>J\!</math>. And yet all of these expressions are just elaborate ways of stating the underlying assertion which says that there exists a triple <math>(j, x, y)\!</math> in the genre <math>G (:\!\lessdot)</math>.
| + | Then <math>P\!</math> is a proposition that applies to a domain of propositions, or elements with the evidentiary import of propositions, and its models are therefore conceived to be certain propositional entities in <math>J\!</math>. And yet all of these expressions are just elaborate ways of stating the underlying assertion which says that there exists a triple <math>(j, x, y)\!</math> in the genre <math>G (:\!\lessdot)</math>. |
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| =====1.3.4.14. Application of OF : Generic Level===== | | =====1.3.4.14. Application of OF : Generic Level===== |