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Ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'The Book of Chuang Tzu' and 'Nominalism'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

7279	If words can't be defined, they may just be the chirruping of chicks [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

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Words are for meaning, and once you have that you can forget the words [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]