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'Meaning and the Moral Sciences', 'Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous' and 'Reference and Necessity'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Theory of meaning presupposes theory of understanding and reference [Putnam]
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If you don't know what you say you can't mean it; what people say usually fits what they mean [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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Truth conditions can't explain understanding a sentence, because that in turn needs explanation [Putnam]
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We should reject the view that truth is prior to meaning [Putnam]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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How reference is specified is not what reference is [Putnam]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
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In the use of a name, many individuals are causally involved, but they aren't all the referent [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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The claim that scientific terms are incommensurable can be blocked if scientific terms are not descriptions [Putnam]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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'Descriptive' semantics gives a system for a language; 'foundational' semantics give underlying facts [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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To understand an utterance, you must understand what the world would be like if it is true [Stalnaker]
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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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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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