| 单词 | logical fiction |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslogical fiction logical fiction n. = logical construction n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > logical construction logical fiction1843 logical construction1883 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. v. 404 This tendency shows itself very visibly in the different logical fictions which are resorted to even by philosophers... Thus, rather than say that the earth causes the fall of bodies, they ascribe it to a force exerted by the earth, or an attraction by the earth. 1918 B. Russell in Monist 28 512 I believe that series and classes are of the nature of logical fictions. 1933 L. S. Stebbing Mod. Introd. Logic (ed. 2) 502 To say that the table is a logical fiction (or construction) is not to say that the table is fictitious..it is rather to deny that, in any ordinary sense, it is an object at all. 1933 L. S. Stebbing Mod. Introd. Logic (ed. 2) 502 ‘Logical fiction’ may be taken to be an unfortunate synonym for ‘logical construction’. < as lemmas |
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