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Ideas for 'works', 'works' and 'LOT 2'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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'Inferential-role semantics' says meaning is determined by role in inference [Fodor]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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Co-referring terms differ if they have different causal powers [Fodor]

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We refer to individuals and to properties, and we use singular terms and predicates [Fodor]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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Semantics (esp. referential semantics) allows inferences from utterances to the world [Fodor]

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Semantics relates to the world, so it is never just psychological [Fodor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

3324	Plato's whole philosophy may be based on being duped by reification - a figure of speech [Benardete,JA on Plato]