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Full Idea
If use constitutes meaning, it might seem that use is beyond criticism. ....But such an attitude can, ultimately, be supported onlly by the adoption of a holistic view of language.
Gist of Idea
Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language
Source
Michael Dummett (The philosophical basis of intuitionist logic [1973], p.218)
Book Ref
Dummett,Michael: 'Truth and Other Enigmas' [Duckworth 1978], p.218
A Reaction
Dummett goes on to say that the rejection of the holistic view of mathematical meaning leads to his preference for intuitionistic logic.
| 18073 | Dummett says classical logic rests on meaning as truth, while intuitionist logic rests on assertability [Dummett, by Kitcher] |
| 19054 | Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language [Dummett] |
| 19055 | Stating a sentence's truth-conditions is just paraphrasing the sentence [Dummett] |
| 19056 | If a sentence is effectively undecidable, we can never know its truth conditions [Dummett] |
| 19057 | Classical quantification is an infinite conjunction or disjunction - but you may not know all the instances [Dummett] |