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'Parmenides', 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' and 'W.V. Quine'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]
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Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
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People presume meanings exist because they confuse meaning and reference [Orenstein]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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Three ways for 'Socrates is human' to be true are nominalist, platonist, or Montague's way [Orenstein]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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If two people believe the same proposition, this implies the existence of propositions [Orenstein]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]
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