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'works', 'On Propositions: What they are, and Meaning' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Words were devised as signs for inner ideas, and their basic meaning is those ideas [Locke]
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Words stand for the ideas in the mind of him that uses them [Locke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Our important beliefs all, if put into words, take the form of propositions [Russell]
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A proposition expressed in words is a 'word-proposition', and one of images an 'image-proposition' [Russell]
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A proposition is what we believe when we believe truly or falsely [Russell]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Since words are just conventional, we can represent our own ideas with any words we please [Locke]
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