Detailed Information on Publication Record
2010
How to Define a Unit of Length
MÁCHA, JakubBasic information
Original name
How to Define a Unit of Length
Name in Czech
Jak definovat jednotku délky
Authors
MÁCHA, Jakub (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
9th National Conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy. Truth, Knowledge, and Science, 2010
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher
Italy
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/10:00044497
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech)
standardní metr v Paříži;Kripke;Wittgenstein
Keywords in English
the standard meter in Paris;Kripke;Wittgenstein;
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/4/2011 09:11, Mgr. Petra Georgala
V originále
In this paper, I shall discuss the issue whether the standard meter in Paris is in fact one meter long. Whether one could meaningfully assert this proposition depends on how the unit of length a meter is defined. I would like to suggest three conceivable definitions. (1) One meter long is everything that has the same length as an arbitrary chosen rod S now has. (2) According to the second definition one meter long is everything that coincides in the endpoints with the rod S when placed alongside. (3) The third definition states that one meter long is-in a literal sense-the rod S solely. Other objects are one meter long-although in a derived sense-if they coincide in the endpoints with S when placed alongside. The first definition is in essence the standpoint of Kripke, the second one can be attributed to Wittgenstein, the last definition is the proposal I would like to advocate here. In particular, I hold that the third definition can be attributed to Wittgenstein as well. A language-game of measuring presupposes a preparatory game of fixing a unit of measure. The meaning of the expression "standard meter" must thus be derived from this preparatory game. Therefore with all other objects, one can say only in a derived sense that they are one meter long or not.
In Czech
V tomto textu se zabývám problémem, zda je standardní metr v Paříži dlouhý jeden metr.
Links
| MUNI/21/MAC/2010, interní kód MU |
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