substantival

How To Use substantival In A Sentence

• Turning an adjectival similarity relation into a substantival one having the form of an identity statement yields an identity statement in name only. Relative Identity
• And on the other hand, it is plain that they may be ˜introduced into discussion™ by way of plural substantival expressions, e.g. by the definite description ˜the beavers in Lake Superior™ or even by the demonstrative ˜those beavers™. Jamestown
• There has been much dispute about whether General Relativity supports relationism or substantivalism about spacetime. Structural Realism
• Absolute theories are called ‘substantival’ or ‘substantial’ if they require spacetime to be a substance.
• Geach did not use the word ˜sortal™ but most commentators identify his notion of a ˜substantival expression™ with ˜sortal™ in the other writers. Sortals
• G. G.ach used the expression ˜substantival™ to characterize the kinds of term F and G.are. Sortals
• a substantival constituent
• Even if it were possible for self-consciousness to be illusory, its mere occurrence is enough to refute those who take the view that the notion of a substantival self is as 'meaningless' as the notion of an unknowable substratum of material things. Campbell on Self-Consciousness and the Substantival Self
• And this is not the end of the matter, for it does not address the issue of such substantival terms as ˜blood™ and Jamestown
• It is clear that we must proceed with great care if we are to employ this substantival terminology.