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'From an Ontological Point of View', 'The Artworld' and 'The Elm and the Expert'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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If meaning is information, that establishes the causal link between the state of the world and our beliefs [Fodor]
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Semantic externalism says the concept 'elm' needs no further beliefs or inferences [Fodor]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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The Picture Theory claims we can read reality from our ways of speaking about it [Heil]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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To know the content of a thought is to know what would make it true [Fodor]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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For holists no two thoughts are ever quite the same, which destroys faith in meaning [Fodor]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
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It is claimed that reference doesn't fix sense (Jocasta), and sense doesn't fix reference (Twin Earth) [Fodor]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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Broad semantics holds that the basic semantic properties are truth and denotation [Fodor]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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Externalist semantics are necessary to connect the contents of beliefs with how the world is [Fodor]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
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If propositions are states of affairs or sets of possible worlds, these lack truth values [Heil]
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