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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense
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For all being, there is a potential proposition which expresses its existence and nature [Armstrong]
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A realm of abstract propositions is causally inert, so has no explanatory value [Armstrong]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Indeterminacy of translation also implies indeterminacy in interpreting people's mental states [Dennett on Quine]
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The firmer the links between sentences and stimuli, the less translations can diverge [Quine]
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We can never precisely pin down how to translate the native word 'Gavagai' [Quine]
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Stimulus synonymy of 'Gavagai' and 'Rabbit' does not even guarantee they are coextensive [Quine]
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Dispositions to speech behaviour, and actual speech, are never enough to fix any one translation [Quine]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
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Weird translations are always possible, but they improve if we impose our own logic on them [Quine]
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We should be suspicious of a translation which implies that a people have very strange beliefs [Quine]
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