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Ideas for 'Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness', 'Introduction of 'Essence of Christianity'' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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6 ideas

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

7716	Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]

7308	Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]

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

12524

For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds

4897	A proposition is a set of possible worlds for which its intension delivers truth [Perry]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic

4890	A sharp analytic/synthetic line can rarely be drawn, but some concepts are central to thought [Perry]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

15991

Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]