Meaning of contentual | Babel Free

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Relating to content (as apposed to context).

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“I shall wish⟳, then, to indicate⟳ in a general way what I conceive to be the true and valuable significance of the Self-realization principle; namely, that it is essentially an ideal of ethical method, and not a contentual or descriptive ideal from which either the details or the generalities of right conduct are to be extracted; and I shall try⟳ to present⟳ the principles of such a method as will answer⟳ to the requirements of this ideal, thereby supplying an interpretation, in a strictly ethical sense⟳, of the concept of derivation.”

“Presented evidence, appearance, sense⟳ experience⟳, in itself, enjoys the rank of content of reality. That is, it claims to be real and deserves to be taken as such so long as proof to the contrary is wanting. I shall call⟳ this kind of knowledge 'contentual'; if I may be permitted to coin a word.”

“It seems to me that a true empiricist can easily note⟳ that we use⟳ "thought" in four distinct ways. First, thought is a term for a reflective process⟳ ; second, it is a term for data, the contentual entities which are objects of awareness; third, it is a term for the act of awareness; fourth, it is a term for an idea of an object, for the contentual thought of an object of reference, for a specific knowledge-claim.”

“It seems that there is no locution in English that must be read⟳ as a prosentence, no argument that requires this reading. Any locution offered as the natural-language paraphrase of contentual quantification can be read⟳ in another way.”

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