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Ideas for 'Logical Pluralism', 'Reason, Truth and History' and 'reports'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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Neither individual nor community mental states fix reference [Putnam]

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Maybe the total mental state of a language community fixes the reference of a term [Putnam]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

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We can rest truth-conditions on situations, rather than on possible worlds [Beall/Restall]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Propositions commit to content, and not to any way of spelling it out [Beall/Restall]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

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There are infinitely many interpretations of a sentence which can all seem to be 'correct' [Putnam]