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  1. Explain meaning of 'Some things, again, are present in a subject, …

    Nov 6, 2025 · Some things, again, are present in a subject, but are never predicable of a subject. For instance, a certain point of grammatical knowledge is present in the mind, but is not …

  2. In Aristotle, What does it mean for something to be predicated?

    If a property-bearer (anything that can be referred to, even in a Meinongian semantic ontology, has a respectively unique set of nuclear properties) bears certain property (s), then that …

  3. Aristotle Categories Chapter 2 - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Jun 8, 2022 · The species in which the things primarily called substances are called secondary substances, as also are the genera of these species. For example, the individual man belongs …

  4. philosophy of science - Are random processes equivalent to ...

    Jan 23, 2023 · 0 Unpredictable means it is impossible to predict. Random means it can be predicable or unpredicatble but you dont know between this two determined features.

  5. Aristotle's meaning of 'present in subject' - Philosophy Stack …

    May 4, 2018 · I've been reading the entry of Aristotle in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "[Aristotle] says: ‘By “present in a subject” I mean what is in something, not as a part, and …

  6. In Frege's analysis of existence, is it assumed that a subject exists ...

    Dec 4, 2015 · In Frege's analysis of existence, is it assumed that a subject exists if it is predicable in the first-order? Ask Question Asked 10 years, 1 month ago Modified 10 years, 1 month ago

  7. Determinism vs prediction - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Jan 19, 2023 · What is the difference between determinism and predictable. I have heard classical mechanics is both predictable and deterministic , chaos theory is deterministic but …

  8. Is there any etymological difference between 'category' and …

    Apr 11, 2017 · My question is whether 'category' and 'predicate' (and 'predicable') come from the same Greek word 'κατηγορία' in Aristotle. If so, predication is ontological by nature, in Aristotle, …

  9. philosophy of science - Would truly random events be strictly ...

    Dec 23, 2015 · By truly random I mean something like "independent of an observer's ability to identify a pattern or find a cause". My personal opinion is that events without a cause can't …

  10. logic - Is Socrates a substance? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Dec 12, 2015 · Consider the following from Aristotles Categories: Substance, in the truest, primary and most definite sense of the word, is that which is neither predicable of a subject nor …