Meanings
nounpredicativity (uncountable)
- uncountableThe condition of being predicative
In fact, they are intertwined with his dauntingly complex and far-reaching ideas about predicativity, the semantic paradoxes, and the ramified vs. the simple theory of types—all of which are fascinating, and some of which involve real technical achievements.
2007 April 21, Scott Soames, “No class: Russell on contextual definition and the elimination of sets”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 2, →DOI
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