Apr 16, 2014 · The "intension" of a concept is its meaning, whereas the "extension" of the concept is the set of the things that fall under that concept. The most helpful way to see the distinction …

Jul 28, 2020 · Understanding the intension (the propositional content) of a statement amounts to knowing exactly the combination of circumstances (=> set of possible worlds) in which it is …

Nov 3, 2016 · The sense/denotation distinction is similar to the intension/extension distinction, just that the intension/extension distinction applies to general names, predicates, expressions that …

The difference between an intension and an extension in contemporary logic comes from Frege, who distinguishes a concept's Sinn (sense) from its Bedeutung (reference). The easiest way to …

Dec 19, 2015 · The cognitive meaning of terms comprises two kinds: intensional and extensional. The intensional meaning, or intension, consists of the qualities or attributes that the term …

Oct 28, 2024 · Two predicates that share the same intension can be substituted salva veritate in intensional contexts such as those expressing necessity. Two predicates that differ …

This is C-intension. Should we shift the actual world, what water is, as discovered in it, would be just as necessary for all of its counterfactual worlds, but it may no longer be H2O. So …

May 20, 2017 · The intention (or intension) of my abbreviations is not to suggest statement forms (now I have made it plain in an edit). I just wrote it abbreviated in order to visualize this …

Following the Scottish philosopher William Hamilton, in his Logic, page 59, the distiction has been reformulated as that between intension and extension: the Internal Quantity of a notion, its …

In philosophy, there is much mention of the intension/extension distinction. Two properties can be extensionally equal but not intensionally equal. It is very easy to define when two properties are