Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, John Locke and David-Hillel Ruben
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]
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Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
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Reference needs truth as well as sense [Hale/Wright]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
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Many conceptual truths ('yellow is extended') are not analytic, as derived from logic and definitions [Hale/Wright]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]
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