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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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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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A thought is not psychological, but a condition of the world that makes a sentence true [Frege, by Miller,A]
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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 / 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 / 5. Fregean Semantics
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Frege's 'sense' is the strict and literal meaning, stripped of tone [Frege, by Miller,A]
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'Sense' solves the problems of bearerless names, substitution in beliefs, and informativeness [Frege, by Miller,A]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions
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'P or not-p' seems to be analytic, but does not fit Kant's account, lacking clear subject or predicate [Frege, by Weiner]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
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Analytic truths are those that can be demonstrated using only logic and definitions [Frege, by Miller,A]
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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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