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'(Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics', 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' and 'Must We Believe in Set Theory?'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]
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Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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Take meaning to be use in calculation with concepts, rather than in communication [Harman]
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The use theory attaches meanings to words, not to sentences [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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