Combining Philosophers
Ideas for John Buridan, John Locke and Jerrold J. Katz
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]
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Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
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It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics
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Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
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Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]
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