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Ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Philosophy of Language' and 'The Making of a Philosopher'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

4690	If meaning is speaker's intentions, it can be reduced to propositional attitudes, and philosophy of mind [McGinn]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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To study meaning, study truth conditions, on the basis of syntax, and representation by the parts [Soames]

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Tarski's account of truth-conditions is too weak to determine meanings [Soames]