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'Events and Their Names', 'W.V. Quine' and 'In a Critical Condition'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention
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It seems unlikely that meaning can be reduced to communicative intentions, or any mental states [Fodor]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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If to understand "fish" you must know facts about them, where does that end? [Fodor]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
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People presume meanings exist because they confuse meaning and reference [Orenstein]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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Three ways for 'Socrates is human' to be true are nominalist, platonist, or Montague's way [Orenstein]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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If two people believe the same proposition, this implies the existence of propositions [Orenstein]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
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Analysis is impossible without the analytic/synthetic distinction [Fodor]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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The theory of the content of thought as 'Mentalese' explains why the Private Language Argument doesn't work [Fodor]
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