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'Three Varieties of Knowledge', 'Sameness and Substance Renewed' and '(Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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The use theory attaches meanings to words, not to sentences [Harman]
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Take meaning to be use in calculation with concepts, rather than in communication [Harman]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role
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Meaning from use of thoughts, constructed from concepts, which have a role relating to reality [Harman]
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Some regard conceptual role semantics as an entirely internal matter [Harman]
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The content of thought is relations, between mental states, things in the world, and contexts [Harman]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial
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If one proposition negates the other, which is the negative one? [Harman]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Content of thought is established through communication, so knowledge needs other minds [Davidson]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation
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Mastery of a language requires thinking, and not just communication [Harman]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
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The principle of charity attributes largely consistent logic and largely true beliefs to speakers [Davidson]
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