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'fragments/reports', 'Reference and Definite Descriptions' and 'The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy
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Externalist synonymy is there being a correct link to the same external phenomena [Rey]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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A definite description 'the F' is referential if the speaker could thereby be referring to something not-F [Donnellan, by Sainsbury]
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Donnellan is unclear whether the referential-attributive distinction is semantic or pragmatic [Bach on Donnellan]
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A description can successfully refer, even if its application to the subject is not believed [Donnellan]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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Whether a definite description is referential or attributive depends on the speaker's intention [Donnellan]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions
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'Married' does not 'contain' its symmetry, nor 'bigger than' its transitivity [Rey]
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Analytic judgements can't be explained by contradiction, since that is what is assumed [Rey]
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Analytic statements are undeniable (because of meaning), rather than unrevisable [Rey]
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The meaning properties of a term are those which explain how the term is typically used [Rey]
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An intrinsic language faculty may fix what is meaningful (as well as grammatical) [Rey]
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Research throws doubts on the claimed intuitions which support analyticity [Rey]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique
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If we claim direct insight to what is analytic, how do we know it is not sub-consciously empirical? [Rey]
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