‘God could have not created’: critiquing (a) divine counterfactual predication
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DOI: 10.1017/s0036930625101403
Abstract: That God could have not created the world is a commonplace of Christian theology, often invoked to articulate the meaning of divine freedom. This essay argues that this counterfactual predication cannot be made consistent with… read more here.
Keywords: predication; god; god could; divine ... See more keywords
Transformer models as predication machines
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2024.2362038
Abstract: ABSTRACT Predication is the process by which the meaning of words are altered as a consequence of the contexts in which they appear. Kintsch provides an algorithm to capture this process. The model is based… read more here.
Keywords: predication; predication machines; transformer models; language ... See more keywords
Tense–aspect–mood marking, language-family size and the evolution of predication
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0194
Abstract: This paper proposes a Complexity Covariance Hypothesis, whereby linguistic complexity covaries with cultural and socio-political complexity, and argues for an Evolutionary Inference Principle, in accordance with which, in domains where linguistic complexity correlates positively with… read more here.
Keywords: tam marking; predication; complexity; tense aspect ... See more keywords
ARISTOTLE ON PREDICATION AND DEMONSTRATION
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DOI: 10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.db
Abstract: Abstract I argue against the standard interpretation of Aristotle’s account of ‘natural predication’ in Posterior Analytics 1.19 and 1.22 according to which only substances can serve as subjects in such predications. I argue that this… read more here.
Keywords: predication; predication demonstration; interpretation; aristotle predication ... See more keywords