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'Meaning and the Moral Sciences', 'On the Natural Faculties' and 'In a Critical Condition'
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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A private language could work with reference and beliefs, and wouldn't need meaning [Putnam]
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The theory of the content of thought as 'Mentalese' explains why the Private Language Argument doesn't work [Fodor]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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The correct translation is the one that explains the speaker's behaviour [Putnam]
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Language maps the world in many ways (because it maps onto other languages in many ways) [Putnam]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
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You can't say 'most speaker's beliefs are true'; in some areas this is not so, and you can't count beliefs [Putnam]
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