Combining Philosophers

Ideas for C.S. Lewis, Democritus (attrib) and John Locke

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

7716	Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]

7308	Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

12524

For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

15991

Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]