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'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Thought' and 'Reference and Definite Descriptions'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Speech acts, communication, representation and truth form a single theory [Harman]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy
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There is only similarity in meaning, never sameness in meaning [Harman]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity
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Ambiguity is when different underlying truth-conditional structures have the same surface form [Harman]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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A definite description 'the F' is referential if the speaker could thereby be referring to something not-F [Donnellan, by Sainsbury]
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Donnellan is unclear whether the referential-attributive distinction is semantic or pragmatic [Bach on Donnellan]
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A description can successfully refer, even if its application to the subject is not believed [Donnellan]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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Whether a definite description is referential or attributive depends on the speaker's intention [Donnellan]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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Truth in a language is explained by how the structural elements of a sentence contribute to its truth conditions [Harman]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Sentences are different from propositions, since two sentences can express one proposition [Harman]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
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The analytic/synthetic distinction is a silly division of thought into encyclopaedia and dictionary [Harman]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Many predicates totally resist translation, so a universal underlying structure to languages is unlikely [Harman]
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