Sortal

Many philosophers have claimed that the notion of a sortal is the same notion as developed by Aristotle under the label "secondary substance" in several of his writings. ❋ Grandy, Richard E. (2007)

But it is vital that the distinction between sortals, phase or ultimate, and expressions such as brown thing be clearly maintained, if the notion of sortal is to serve any formal purpose. ❋ Robinson, Howard (2004)

This is a rather radical move, since it applies not just to clouds, but to any kind of sortal for which a similar problem can be generated. ❋ Weatherson, Brian (2009)

The first use of the term "sortal" is in Locke's 1690 ❋ Grandy, Richard E. (2007)

In particular, we shall look at the issue of whether objects must be individuated under the kind of sortal expressions that correspond to Aristotelian substance concepts, or whether a more generic notion, such as physical body, will suffice. ❋ Robinson, Howard (2004)

˜painting™ is an artifact sortal which is not derived from the purpose or function of the object, but from the way in which it has been produced. ❋ Hilpinen, Risto (2004)

"sortal", reviews ˜logics of sortals™ and concludes by attempting to summarize and evaluate the importance of the distinction (s). ❋ Grandy, Richard E. (2007)

For, e.g., if sortal terms such as ˜person™ and ˜organism™ are associated with different identity conditions, those who seek to reductively identify persons with biological organisms are involved in a category mistake. ❋ Thomasson, Amie (2009)

The last worry for the constitution view was that it postulated an unexplained correspondence between the sortal terms in our language and the kinds of objects in the world. ❋ Wasserman, Ryan (2009)

˜K™ and ˜K*™ are sortal terms denoting distinct kinds. ❋ Wasserman, Ryan (2009)

Ordinary English does not even have sortal terms for discussing these entities. ❋ Wasserman, Ryan (2009)

Peter Geach (1972, 1973, 1980) argues that it is senseless to ask whether or not some a and b are “the same”; rather, sameness is relative to a sortal concept. ❋ Tuggy, Dale (2009)

This objection assumes a purely psychological criterion of identity, however, one in which, further, “person” is what's 'known as a substance sortal, a term designating a kind to which an individual always and essentially belongs throughout its existence. ❋ Shoemaker, David (2008)

According to another moderate form of essentialism, sortal essentialism, an object could not have been of a radically different kind than it in fact is: both the view that being human (or being human if existent) is an essential property of mine and the view that I could not have been a credit card account are forms of sortal essentialism. ❋ Robertson, Teresa (2008)

The first example is a brand of sortal essentialism while the second is a brand of origin essentialism. ❋ Robertson, Teresa (2008)

In still other words, this type of essentialism about natural kinds does not entail sortal essentialism. ❋ Robertson, Teresa (2008)

But, it being evident that things are ranked under names into sorts or species, only as they agree to certain abstract ideas, to which we have annexed those names, the essence of each genus, or sort, comes to be nothing but that abstract idea which the general, or sortal ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thus, one must have some basic ontological sortal in mind which determines the identity and persistence conditions of the thing being picked out. ❋ Kania, Andrew (2007)

Since art-kinds are determined through widespread social practices, the way to discover the basic sortal is to investigate artistic practice. ❋ Kania, Andrew (2007)

He uses ˜uS™ for the ultimate sortal which governs sortal ˜S™. ❋ Grandy, Richard E. (2007)