Dokument: Relevance as difference-making: a generalized theory of relevance and its applications
| Titel: | Relevance as difference-making: a generalized theory of relevance and its applications | |||||||
| URL für Lesezeichen: | https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=68744 | |||||||
| URN (NBN): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:061-20250221-100737-7 | |||||||
| Kollektion: | Publikationen | |||||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | |||||||
| Dokumententyp: | Wissenschaftliche Texte » Artikel, Aufsatz | |||||||
| Medientyp: | Text | |||||||
| Autor: | Schurz, Gerhard [Autor] | |||||||
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| Stichwörter: | Relevant predication, Difference-making, Replacement criterion, Logical relevance, Relevant communication, Relevant grounding, Probabilistic relevance | |||||||
| Beschreibung: | In this paper a generalized account of relevance as difference-making is developed. It is argued that relevance should not be considered as a particular relation, but as a (higher-order) property of instances of arbitrary relations: namely the property that variations of the relata of the relation instance make a difference for its truth. This generalized account of relevance can be fruitfully applied in many domains, such as (i) logical reasoning with applications to explanation, confirmation, verisimilitude, is-ought inference, (ii) probabilistic reasoning with applications to explanation and confirmation, (iii) nomological and causal implication, (iv) communication, (v) grounding and (vi) essentiality. In conclusion, difference-making relevance is a highly unifying and fruitful philosophical concept. | |||||||
| Rechtliche Vermerke: | Originalveröffentlichung:
Schurz, G. (2023). Relevance as difference-making: a generalized theory of relevance and its applications. Philosophical Studies, 181(9), 2279–2316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-023-01988-6 | |||||||
| Lizenz: |  Dieses Werk ist lizenziert unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz | |||||||
| Fachbereich / Einrichtung: | Philosophische Fakultät | |||||||
| Dokument erstellt am: | 21.02.2025 | |||||||
| Dateien geändert am: | 21.02.2025 |
