Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Eucleides, John Heil and Keith Devlin
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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The Picture Theory claims we can read reality from our ways of speaking about it [Heil]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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Truth-conditions correspond to the idea of 'literal meaning' [Heil]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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To understand 'birds warble' and 'tigers growl', you must also understand 'tigers warble' [Heil]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax
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How do we parse 'time flies like an arrow' and 'fruit flies like an apple'? [Devlin]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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The subject-predicate form reflects reality [Heil]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
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The distinction between sentences and abstract propositions is crucial in logic [Devlin]
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If propositions are abstract entities, how do human beings interact with them? [Heil]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
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If propositions are states of affairs or sets of possible worlds, these lack truth values [Heil]
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