The Characteristic

Abstract

In addition to the question about the nature of the relationship between the composition of the object of a presentation and the composition of its content, another question arises, namely, the question whether all parts of an object have their equivalent in the content of the presentation which intends it and, conversely, whether all parts of the content of a presentation have corresponding parts in the object. This question about the relationship between the parts of the content and the parts of the corresponding object – investigated by Bolzano, among others – must not be confused with another question which is like it and which is discussed by Kerry in the work we have frequently mentioned. Whereas Bolzano formulates the question as we have done here, Kerry inquires into the differences between the presentation of an object and the presentation of the content which intends this object. We deal then with a comparison between two contents, one of which has as its object the object of a presentation, the other of which has as its object the content of the presentation which intends this object. In concrete terms, Kerry thus compares the content of the presentation of the tree with the content of the presentation of the presentation of the tree.