In-(1) vs. In-(2)

Distinction: in- (1) vs. in- (2)

Domain: Linguistics

Canonical Formulation: ?

Possible Formulation: The ambiguity, perhaps surprisingly, arose within the same language, Greek. in- (1) has meaning or inference associated with not or the English prefix un-. in- (2) is associated with in, inside, or within.

Examples of in-(1): inaccessible, inaction, inanimate, indisposable, insignificant

Examples of in-(2): incision (vs. excision), include (vs. exclude), internal, inside

Important Notes : Inexistence can be broken down into four etymons: in(2) (in), ex (out), ist (being, esse), and ence (turns adjective into a noun). We end up with a "definition" that looks something like in-out-being-ness. Intentional can be broken down into in- and tentional where in- is in-(2) and -tentional comes from tenere which is Latin for "to hold." We therefore have a "definition" of intentional as to hold within. Finally, we put this together to help explain Brentano's (Psychology From An Empirical Standpoint, Section 5, pp. 99-91) idea of intentional inexistence. Brentano's thesis is that all mental states, and no physical states, exhibit intentional inexistence, that is, they all hold within themselves in-out being-ness.