Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Richard Rorty and Roger Crisp

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

2434	Broad semantics holds that the basic semantic properties are truth and denotation [Fodor]

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English has no semantic theory, just associations between sentences and thoughts [Fodor]

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Semantics (esp. referential semantics) allows inferences from utterances to the world [Fodor]

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Semantics relates to the world, so it is never just psychological [Fodor]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

2459	Externalist semantics are necessary to connect the contents of beliefs with how the world is [Fodor]

2559	Davidson's theory of meaning focuses not on terms, but on relations between sentences [Rorty]