Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rayo,A/Uzquiasno,G, Christopher Peacocke and George Berkeley

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

6716	Language is presumably for communication, and names stand for ideas [Berkeley]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

9336	A concept's reference is what makes true the beliefs of its possession conditions [Peacocke, by Horwich]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 4. Compositionality

12610

Encountering novel sentences shows conclusively that meaning must be compositional [Peacocke]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

6718	I can't really go wrong if I stick to wordless thought [Berkeley]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

13448

The domain of an assertion is restricted by context, either semantically or pragmatically [Rayo/Uzquiano]