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Ideas for 'The Theory of Communicative Action', 'Are there propositions?' and 'The Nature of Judgement'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
Husserl and Meinong wanted objective Meanings and Propositions, as subject-matter for Logic [Ryle]
To understand a statement is to know what would make it acceptable [Habermas]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention
When I utter a sentence, listeners grasp both my meaning and my state of mind [Ryle]
Meaning is not fixed by a relation to the external world, but a relation to other speakers [Habermas, by Finlayson]