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Ideas for 'The Causal Theory of Names', '06: Romans' and 'Categories'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

5825	Speakers intend to refer to items that are the source of their information [Evans]

5823	The intended referent of a name needs to be the cause of the speaker's information about it [Evans]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

9039	If descriptions are sufficient for reference, then I must accept a false reference if the descriptions fit [Evans]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates

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Only what can be said of many things is a predicable [Aristotle, by Wedin]

11837

Some predicates signify qualification of a substance, others the substance itself [Aristotle]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

9043	We use expressions 'deferentially', to conform to the use of other people [Evans]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

9040	Charity should minimize inexplicable error, rather than maximising true beliefs [Evans]