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| + | #[n] a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" |
| + | #[n] the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
| + | #[n] a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" |
| + | #[n] high social status; "a man of quality" |
| + | #[adj] of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family" |
| + | #[adj] of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" |
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| + | ==Philosophy== |
| A '''quality''' (from Lat. ''qualitas''(Morwood¹, 1995) is an attribute or a property. Attributes are ascribable, by a subject, whereas properties are possessible(Cargile², 1995). Some philosophers assert that a quality cannot be defined [[Metaphysics of Quality³]]. In contemporary philosophy, the idea of qualities and especially how to distinguish certain kinds of qualities from one another remains controversial.(Cargile², 1995) | | A '''quality''' (from Lat. ''qualitas''(Morwood¹, 1995) is an attribute or a property. Attributes are ascribable, by a subject, whereas properties are possessible(Cargile², 1995). Some philosophers assert that a quality cannot be defined [[Metaphysics of Quality³]]. In contemporary philosophy, the idea of qualities and especially how to distinguish certain kinds of qualities from one another remains controversial.(Cargile², 1995) |
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| Aristotle presented his idea of qualities in his ''Categories''. According to him, qualities may be attributed to things and persons or be possessed by them. There are four Aristotelian qualities: habits and dispositions, natural capabilities and incapabilities, affective qualities and affections, and shape. (Studtmann⁴, 2007) | | Aristotle presented his idea of qualities in his ''Categories''. According to him, qualities may be attributed to things and persons or be possessed by them. There are four Aristotelian qualities: habits and dispositions, natural capabilities and incapabilities, affective qualities and affections, and shape. (Studtmann⁴, 2007) |
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| Specific qualities related to philosophy include [[qualia]] and [[quality of life]]. | | Specific qualities related to philosophy include [[qualia]] and [[quality of life]]. |
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| [[Philosophy]] and common sense tend to see Quality as related either to subjective feelings or to objective facts. The subject-object in question might be | | [[Philosophy]] and common sense tend to see Quality as related either to subjective feelings or to objective facts. The subject-object in question might be |
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| In this context the two aspects of classical object-oriented and romantic subject-oriented Quality roughly parallel ''[[aesthetics|aesthetic]] Quality'' and ''functional Quality''. The resolution of the book points to a view of Quality which relegates this subject-object dualism to a product of a non-dualistic Absolute. | | In this context the two aspects of classical object-oriented and romantic subject-oriented Quality roughly parallel ''[[aesthetics|aesthetic]] Quality'' and ''functional Quality''. The resolution of the book points to a view of Quality which relegates this subject-object dualism to a product of a non-dualistic Absolute. |
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| #Morwood, 1995 | | #Morwood, 1995 |
| #Cargile, 1995 | | #Cargile, 1995 |
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| Studtmann, P. (2007). Aristotle's Categories. in Zalta, E. N. (Ed.) ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (2008). [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-categories/#Quality] | | Studtmann, P. (2007). Aristotle's Categories. in Zalta, E. N. (Ed.) ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (2008). [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-categories/#Quality] |
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