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'Meaning and the Moral Sciences', 'The Elm and the Expert' and 'A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Semantic externalism says the concept 'elm' needs no further beliefs or inferences [Fodor]
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If meaning is information, that establishes the causal link between the state of the world and our beliefs [Fodor]
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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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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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To know the content of a thought is to know what would make it true [Fodor]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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For holists no two thoughts are ever quite the same, which destroys faith in meaning [Fodor]
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