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1605 | Reality can be viewed neutrally, or as an object of desire [Roochnik] |
Full Idea: There are two extremes: the Aristotelian views reality simply as reality, and the sophist or poet view reality only as an object of desire. | |
From: David Roochnik (The Tragedy of Reason [1990], p.199) |
15828 | I propose that events and propositions are two types of states of affairs [Chisholm] |
Full Idea: I will propose that events are said to constitute one type of states of affairs, and propositions another | |
From: Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 4.1) | |
A reaction: I would much prefer to distinguish between the static and the dynamic, so we have a static or timeless state of affairs, and a dynamic event or process. Propositions I take to be neither. He really means 'facts', which subsume the whole lot. |
15829 | The mark of a state of affairs is that it is capable of being accepted [Chisholm] |
Full Idea: We will say that the mark of a state of affairs is the fact that it is capable of being accepted. | |
From: Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 4.2) | |
A reaction: I find this a quite bewildering proposal. It means that it is impossible for there to be a state of affairs which is beyond human conception, but why commit to that? |
15809 | A state of affairs pertains to a thing if it implies that it has some property [Chisholm] |
Full Idea: A state of affairs pertains to a thing if it implies the thing to have a certain property. | |
From: Roderick Chisholm (Person and Object [1976], 1.4) | |
A reaction: For this to work, we must include extrinsic and relational properties, and properties which are derived from mere predication. I think this is bad metaphysics, and leads to endless confusions. |