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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Theory of Communicative Action' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
15667 To understand a statement is to know what would make it acceptable [Habermas]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention
15668 Meaning is not fixed by a relation to the external world, but a relation to other speakers [Habermas, by Finlayson]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role
16278 A particular functional role is what gives content to a thought [Lewis]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
9654 A proposition is a set of entire possible worlds which instantiate a particular property [Lewis]
15736 A proposition is the property of being a possible world where it holds true [Lewis]
15738 Propositions can't have syntactic structure if they are just sets of worlds [Lewis]