Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Plato, J Hoffman/G Rosenkrantz and Kent Bach
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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Fictional reference is different inside and outside the fiction [Bach]
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We can refer to fictional entities if they are abstract objects [Bach]
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You 'allude to', not 'refer to', an individual if you keep their identity vague [Bach]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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What refers: indefinite or definite or demonstrative descriptions, names, indexicals, demonstratives? [Bach]
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If we can refer to things which change, we can't be obliged to single out their properties [Bach]
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We can think of an individual without have a uniquely characterizing description [Bach]
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It can't be real reference if it could refer to some other thing that satisfies the description [Bach]
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Since most expressions can be used non-referentially, none of them are inherently referential [Bach]
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Just alluding to or describing an object is not the same as referring to it [Bach]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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Context does not create reference; it is just something speakers can exploit [Bach]
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'That duck' may not refer to the most obvious one in the group [Bach]
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What a pronoun like 'he' refers back to is usually a matter of speaker's intentions [Bach]
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Information comes from knowing who is speaking, not just from interpretation of the utterance [Bach]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
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Only a good philosopher can be a good speaker [Plato]
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The 'Republic' is a great work of rhetorical theory [Lawson-Tancred on Plato]
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Rhetoric can produce conviction, but not educate people about right and wrong [Plato]
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Plato's whole philosophy may be based on being duped by reification - a figure of speech [Benardete,JA on Plato]
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'Phaedrus' pioneers the notion of philosophical rhetoric [Lawson-Tancred on Plato]
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Rhetoric is irrational about its means and its ends [Plato]
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An excellent speech seems to imply a knowledge of the truth in the mind of the speaker [Plato]
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The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning
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People slide from contextual variability all the way to contextual determination [Bach]
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