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'(Nonsolipsistic) Conceptual Role Semantics', 'Mechanisms' and 'Reference and Definite Descriptions'
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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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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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A definite description 'the F' is referential if the speaker could thereby be referring to something not-F [Donnellan, by Sainsbury]
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Donnellan is unclear whether the referential-attributive distinction is semantic or pragmatic [Bach on Donnellan]
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A description can successfully refer, even if its application to the subject is not believed [Donnellan]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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Whether a definite description is referential or attributive depends on the speaker's intention [Donnellan]
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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 / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation
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Mastery of a language requires thinking, and not just communication [Harman]
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