Ideas from 'Philosophy of Language' by William Lycan [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Philosophy of Language' by Lycan,William G. [Routledge 2000,0-415-17116-4]].

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

7755	Singular terms refer, using proper names, definite descriptions, singular personal pronouns, demonstratives, etc.

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

7768	The truth conditions theory sees meaning as representation

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

7766	Meaning must be known before we can consider verification

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7763	It is hard to state a rule of use for a proper name

7764	Could I successfully use an expression, without actually understanding it?

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

7770	Truth conditions will come out the same for sentences with 'renate' or 'cordate'

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

7773	A sentence's truth conditions is the set of possible worlds in which the sentence is true

7774	Possible worlds explain aspects of meaning neatly - entailment, for example, is the subset relation