20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
16879 | A sign won't gain sense just from being used in sentences with familiar components [Frege] |
6567 | For Wittgenstein, words are defined by their use, just as chess pieces are [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin] |
4137 | In the majority of cases the meaning of a word is its use in the language [Wittgenstein] |
6169 | We do not achieve meaning and understanding in our heads, but in the world [Wittgenstein, by Rowlands] |
4155 | We all seem able to see quite clearly how sentences represent things when we use them [Wittgenstein] |
22330 | Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock] |
8356 | The meaning of an expression or sentence is general directions for its use, to refer or to assert [Strawson,P] |
2354 | "Meaning is use" is not a definition of meaning [Putnam] |
15666 | To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas] |
19054 | Meaning as use puts use beyond criticism, and needs a holistic view of language [Dummett] |
8176 | We could only guess the meanings of 'true' and 'false' when sentences were used [Dummett] |
6395 | An understood sentence can be used for almost anything; it isn't language if it has only one use [Davidson] |
19162 | Meaning involves use, but a sentence has many uses, while meaning stays fixed [Davidson] |
23290 | It could be that the use of a sentence is explained by its truth conditions [Davidson] |
12590 | Take meaning to be use in calculation with concepts, rather than in communication [Harman] |
12593 | The use theory attaches meanings to words, not to sentences [Harman] |
4562 | Most people know how to use the word "Amen", but they do not know what it means [Cooper,DE] |
4563 | 'How now brown cow?' is used for elocution, but this says nothing about its meaning [Cooper,DE] |
4001 | The meaning of a word contains all its possible uses as well as its actual ones [Nagel] |
3004 | The meaning of a sentence derives from its use in expressing an attitude [Fodor] |
3204 | The meaning of "and" may be its use, but not of "animal" [Rey] |
7764 | Could I successfully use an expression, without actually understanding it? [Lycan] |
7763 | It is hard to state a rule of use for a proper name [Lycan] |
7765 | The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan] |
9595 | You might know that the word 'gob' meant 'mouth', but not be competent to use it [Williamson] |
14999 | Prior to conventions, not all green things were green? [Sider] |