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'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Davidson on himself' and 'Thinking about Consciousness'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
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Verificationists tend to infer indefinite answers from undecidable questions [Papineau]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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Teleosemantics equates meaning with the item the concept is intended to track [Papineau]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics
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Truth conditions in possible worlds can't handle statements about impossibilities [Papineau]
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Thought content is possible worlds that make the thought true; if that includes the actual world, it's true [Papineau]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
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Propositions explain nothing without an explanation of how sentences manage to name them [Davidson]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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Thought is only fully developed if we communicate with others [Davidson]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
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There is simply no alternative to the 'principle of charity' in interpreting what others do [Davidson]
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