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Ideas for 'The Theory of Communicative Action', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'Fifteen Sermons'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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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

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Meaning is not fixed by a relation to the external world, but a relation to other speakers [Habermas, by Finlayson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]