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Ideas for Brand Blanshard, John Perry and Scott Soames
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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To study meaning, study truth conditions, on the basis of syntax, and representation by the parts [Soames]
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Tarski's account of truth-conditions is too weak to determine meanings [Soames]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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Semantics as theory of meaning and semantics as truth-based logical consequence are very different [Soames]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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Semantic content is a proposition made of sentence constituents (not some set of circumstances) [Soames]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics
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If we replace 'I' in sentences about me, they are different beliefs and explanations of behaviour [Perry]
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Indexicals individuate certain belief states, helping in explanation and prediction [Perry]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
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Two-dimensionalism reinstates descriptivism, and reconnects necessity and apriority to analyticity [Soames]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
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A proposition is a set of possible worlds for which its intension delivers truth [Perry]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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We should use cognitive states to explain representational propositions, not vice versa [Soames]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
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Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition [Perry]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
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A sharp analytic/synthetic line can rarely be drawn, but some concepts are central to thought [Perry]
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