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imposition: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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imposition1 CONSTRUCTImposition (impositio)KRETZMANN · IMPOSITIO

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Medieval semantics

The act of fixing a word to what it names

In medieval logic and philosophy of language, imposition (impositio) is the act by which a sound is made to signify: a word is “imposed” on a thing to name it; terms of first imposition signify things in the world, while terms of second imposition signify words themselves (grammatical categories like “noun”). The Cambridge history of later medieval philosophy sets out this doctrine of signification and the first/second imposition distinction. The referent is a naming relation in a theory of meaning, unrelated to arranging printed pages or laying hands in a rite, sharing only the Latin-rooted word.[1]

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Not applicable (a signification relation)
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Analyzed by the level of signification: first imposition (things) versus second imposition (words)

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References

  1. Kretzmann, N., Kenny, A., & Pinborg, J. (Eds.). (1982). The Cambridge history of later medieval philosophy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521369336

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