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7722 | If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe] |
Full Idea: If meaning is a private mental picture, what does 'the cat is NOT on the mat' mean, and how does it differ from 'the dog is not on the mat?'. | |
From: E.J. Lowe (Locke on Human Understanding [1995], Ch.7) | |
A reaction: Not insurmountable. We picture an empty mat, combined with a cat (or whatever) located somewhere else. A mental 'picture' of something shouldn't be contrued as a single image in a neat black frame. |
9471 | Intensions are creatures of darkness which should be exorcised [Quine] |
Full Idea: Intensions are creatures of darkness and I shall rejoice with the reader when they are exorcised. | |
From: Willard Quine (Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes [1955], §II) | |
A reaction: Quine seems to be in a diminshing minority with this view. For 'intensions' read 'meanings', presumably. |