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Ideas for 'Posthumous notes', 'Writing the Book of the World' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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Prior to conventions, not all green things were green? [Sider]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths

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Conventions are contingent and analytic truths are necessary, so that isn't their explanation [Sider]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

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Analyticity has lost its traditional role, which relied on truth by convention [Sider]