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Ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Truth and the Past' and 'Realistic Rationalism'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

2517	Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

8193	Verification is not an individual but a collective activity [Dummett]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference

2519	It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics

2520	Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

8189	Truth-condition theorists must argue use can only be described by appeal to conditions of truth [Dummett]

8191	The truth-conditions theory must get agreement on a conception of truth [Dummett]

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

2518	Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz]