Combining Philosophers

Ideas for David Fair, E.J. Lowe and John Heil

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
7722 If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe]
7013 The Picture Theory claims we can read reality from our ways of speaking about it [Heil]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
4605 Truth-conditions correspond to the idea of 'literal meaning' [Heil]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
4606 To understand 'birds warble' and 'tigers growl', you must also understand 'tigers warble' [Heil]