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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'On What There Is' and 'The Principles of Mathematics'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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There is an attempt to give a verificationist account of meaning, without the error of reducing everything to sensations [Dennett on Quine]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
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I do not believe there is some abstract entity called a 'meaning' which we can 'have' [Quine]
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The word 'meaning' is only useful when talking about significance or about synonymy [Quine]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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Quine relates predicates to their objects, by being 'true of' them [Quine, by Davidson]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Proposition contain entities indicated by words, rather than the words themselves [Russell]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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If propositions are facts, then false and true propositions are indistinguishable [Davidson on Russell]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 5. Unity of Propositions
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A proposition is a unity, and analysis destroys it [Russell]
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Russell said the proposition must explain its own unity - or else objective truth is impossible [Russell, by Davidson]
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