English Dictionary

quaddition

名詞

不可算名詞

(philosophy) An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

日本語の意味

サウル・クリプケが提唱した哲学的概念で、通常は加算（足し算）と同じ動作をするが、もしオペランドの一方が57以上の場合は常に結果が5となる特殊な演算

The philosopher introduced the quaddition as a curious binary operation that behaves like normal addition unless one of the operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always returns 5.

哲学者は、通常の足し算と同じ振る舞いをするが、どちらかの項が57以上の場合は常に5を返すという条件付きの加算演算を導入した。

意味（1）

(philosophy) An operation that is the same as addition unless one of its operands is 57 or greater, in which case it always yields 5; used by Saul Kripke in an argument against Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.