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'works', 'In Defence of Pure Reason' and 'Reference and Necessity'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Madness and instability ('the demonic hyperbole') lurks in all language [Derrida]
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Meanings depend on differences and contrasts [Derrida]
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For Aristotle all proper nouns must have a single sense, which is the purpose of language [Derrida]
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Capacity for repetitions is the hallmark of language [Derrida]
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The sign is only conceivable as a movement between elusive presences [Derrida]
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Writing functions even if the sender or the receiver are absent [Derrida, by Glendinning]
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If you don't know what you say you can't mean it; what people say usually fits what they mean [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity
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'Dissemination' is opposed to polysemia, since that is irreducible, because of multiple understandings [Derrida, by Glendinning]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
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Words exist in 'spacing', so meanings are never synchronic except in writing [Derrida]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
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In the use of a name, many individuals are causally involved, but they aren't all the referent [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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'Descriptive' semantics gives a system for a language; 'foundational' semantics give underlying facts [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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To understand an utterance, you must understand what the world would be like if it is true [Stalnaker]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Indeterminacy of translation is actually indeterminacy of meaning and belief [Bonjour]
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