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'Theory of Science (4 vols)', 'Philosophical Remarks' and 'Mental Files in Flux'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Language pictures the essence of the world [Wittgenstein]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
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You can't believe it if you can't imagine a verification for it [Wittgenstein]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Bolzano saw propositions as objective entities, existing independently of us [Bolzano, by Potter]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
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Propositions are abstract structures of concepts, ready for judgement or assertion [Bolzano, by Correia/Schnieder]
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A 'proposition' is the sense of a linguistic expression, and can be true or false [Bolzano]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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There are speakers' thoughts and hearers' thoughts, but no further thought attached to the utterance [Recanati]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
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The ground of a pure conceptual truth is only in other conceptual truths [Bolzano]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning
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The Naive view of communication is that hearers acquire exactly the thoughts of the speaker [Recanati]
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