DENOMINATION / DETERMINATION IN EMILY ELIZABETH CONSTANCE JONES (1848–1922)

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„In every term, Jones distinguishes two aspects. The denomination corresponds to the existence of the thing to which the term applies; the determination corresponds to the thing’s character (Jones 1890: 196–97).“ (ECC, Ostertag & Peijnenburg)

Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones deliberately avoids the established pairs denotation/connotation and extension/intension. She argues that these terms are used in confusing ways and that none of their familiar uses corresponds to the distinction she aims to capture. In particular, she criticises different interpretations of “connotation” as either all shared attributes of a term’s denotation or only those attributes that are independent of one another. […]

Curious to learn more? Read the full ECC article here:
https://digital.ub.uni-paderborn.de/doi/10.17619/UNIPB/1-923