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Categorematic

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Cat`e`gor`e`mat´ic
a.1.(Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; - said of a word.
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Adj.1.categorematic - of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition
logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
syncategorematic - of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms; "`or' is a syncategorematic term"
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In this regard, it must be pointed out that when I say 'metaphysics' I am referring with Agamben to determined linguistic structures such as pronouns or grammatical shifters (indicators of enunciation) more properly known as categorematic expressions, which isolate the self-referentiality of language because they refer to nothing other than the taking place of language itself.
Manlio Sgalambro, Giorgio Agamben: on metaphysical suspension of ... by Presutti, Fabio / Italica
 
 
 
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