Friday, March 27, 2020
H. P. Grice's Pentamer -- après von Wright -- "up to", "into," "out of," "onwards," "from," "after," "through," "below," "within," "above," "rise," "fall," "peak," "bottom," "determinable," "velocity," "sub-determinable," "speed," "precise" -- "Much more telling than Davidson's meagre account!"
PHYLUM I (TEMPORAL CATEGORY)
1. phi "UP TO" time t.
2. phi "INTO" time t
3. phi "OUT OF" (cf. "ONWARDS") time t (from time t onwards)
4. phi "FROM" (cf. "AFTER") time t (phi after time t) (as in "Smith went to bed and then took off his boots")
5. phi "THROUGH" time t.
PHYLUM II: (SPATIAL CATEGORY -- CONTAINMENT CATEGORY)
1. "BELOW" the limits of phi.
2. "WITHIN" the limits of phi.
3. "ABOVE" the limits of phi.
PHYLUM III
1. rising thorough phi at time t
2. falling through phi at time t
3. peaking through phi at time t
4. bottoming with phi at time t
PHYLUM IV (DETERMINABLE SPECIFICATION OF PHYLUM III)
1. rising from phi to phi' within determinable D from t1 to t2.
2. falling from phi to phi' within determinable D from t1 to t2.
PHYLUM V
1. event via determinable ("e.g. velocity").
2. a subdeterminable (e.g. "a speed of from 40 to 50 mph")
3. a precise determinate of D.
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