Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Friedrich Nietzsche and John Perry

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics
12151 If we replace 'I' in sentences about me, they are different beliefs and explanations of behaviour [Perry]
18412 Indexicals individuate certain belief states, helping in explanation and prediction [Perry]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
23205 Thought starts as ambiguity, in need of interpretation and narrowing [Nietzsche]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
4897 A proposition is a set of possible worlds for which its intension delivers truth [Perry]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
12150 Indexicals reveal big problems with the traditional idea of a proposition [Perry]
19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
4890 A sharp analytic/synthetic line can rarely be drawn, but some concepts are central to thought [Perry]
19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
20266 It is essential that wise people learn to express their wisdom, possibly even as foolishness [Nietzsche]
24120 Great orators lead their arguments, rather than following them [Nietzsche]
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature
24097 The pragmatics of language is more comprehensible than the meaning [Nietzsche]