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Ideas for 'Realistic Rationalism', 'Brainchildren' and 'Ordinary Objects'

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

2517	Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz]

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

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How can causal theories of reference handle nonexistence claims? [Thomasson]

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Pure causal theories of reference have the 'qua problem', of what sort of things is being referred to [Thomasson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference

2519	It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics

2520	Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

2518	Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions

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Analyticity is revealed through redundancy, as in 'He bought a house and a building' [Thomasson]