Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Timothy Smiley and Vann McGee

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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]

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]

19. Language / F. Communication / 2. Assertion

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A maxim claims that if we are allowed to assert a sentence, that means it must be true [McGee]