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Ideas for '', 'Thought and Talk' and 'Philosophy and the Nature of Language'

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
I can meaningfully speculate that humans may have experiences currently impossible for us [Cooper,DE]
The verification principle itself seems neither analytic nor verifiable [Cooper,DE]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
Most people know how to use the word "Amen", but they do not know what it means [Cooper,DE]
An understood sentence can be used for almost anything; it isn't language if it has only one use [Davidson]
'How now brown cow?' is used for elocution, but this says nothing about its meaning [Cooper,DE]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
The pattern of sentences held true gives sentences their meaning [Davidson]