<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Reism or concretism are the labels for a position in ontology and semantics that is represented by various philosophers. As Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz and Jan Woleński have shown, there are two dimensions with which the abstract expression of reism can be made concrete: The ontological dimension of reism says that only things exist; the semantic dimension of reism says that all concepts must be reduced to concrete terms in order to be meaningful. In this paper we argue for the following two theses: (1) Arthur Schopenhauer has advocated a reistic philosophy of language which says that all concepts must ultimately be based on concrete intuition in order to be meaningful. (2) In his semantics, Schopenhauer developed a theory of logic diagrams that can be interpreted by modern means in order to concretize the abstract position of reism. Thus we are not only enhancing Jan Woleński’s list of well-known reists, but we are also adding a diagrammatic dimension to concretism, represented by Schopenhauer.</p></abstract>

Reism or concretism are the labels for a position in ontology and semantics that is represented by various philosophers. As Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz and Jan Woleński have shown, there are two dimensions with which the abstract expression of reism can be made concrete: The ontological dimension of reism says that only things exist; the semantic dimension of reism says that all concepts must be reduced to concrete terms in order to be meaningful. In this paper we argue for the following two theses: (1) Arthur Schopenhauer has advocated a reistic philosophy of language which says that all concepts must ultimately be based on concrete intuition in order to be meaningful. (2) In his semantics, Schopenhauer developed a theory of logic diagrams that can be interpreted by modern means in order to concretize the abstract position of reism. Thus we are not only enhancing Jan Woleński’s list of well-known reists, but we are also adding a diagrammatic dimension to concretism, represented by Schopenhauer.

Reism, Concretism and Schopenhauer Diagrams

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Reism or concretism are the labels for a position in ontology and semantics that is represented by various philosophers. As Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz and Jan...

Reism, Concretism and Schopenhauer Diagrams

Published Online: Nov 11, 2020

Page range: 104 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2020-0030

Keywords
Semantics, Reism, Reification, Abstraction, Philosophy of Language, Logic Diagrams, Jan Woleński

© 2020 Jens Lemanski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Reism, Concretism and Schopenhauer Diagrams

Published Online: Nov 11, 2020

Page range: 104 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2020-0030

KeywordsSemantics, Reism, Reification, Abstraction, Philosophy of Language, Logic Diagrams, Jan Woleński

© 2020 Jens Lemanski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Semantics, Reism, Reification, Abstraction, Philosophy of Language, Logic Diagrams, Jan Woleński