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Ideas for 'Conceptions of Truth', 'Relativism' and 'Mental Files in Flux'

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

4710	Verificationism was attacked by the deniers of the analytic-synthetic distinction, needed for 'facts' [O'Grady]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

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There are speakers' thoughts and hearers' thoughts, but no further thought attached to the utterance [Recanati]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic

4717	If we abandon the analytic-synthetic distinction, scepticism about meaning may be inevitable [O'Grady]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

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The Naive view of communication is that hearers acquire exactly the thoughts of the speaker [Recanati]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

4706	Early Quine says all beliefs could be otherwise, but later he said we would assume mistranslation [O'Grady]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

4734	Cryptographers can recognise that something is a language, without translating it [O'Grady]