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Ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Theory of Science (Wissenschaftslehre, 4 vols)' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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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 / 1. Propositions

22276

Bolzano saw propositions as objective entities, existing independently of us [Bolzano, by Potter]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

17264

Propositions are abstract structures of concepts, ready for judgement or assertion [Bolzano, by Correia/Schnieder]

12232

A 'proposition' is the sense of a linguistic expression, and can be true or false [Bolzano]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths

12233

The ground of a pure conceptual truth is only in other conceptual truths [Bolzano]

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]