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19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

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We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

6279	A private language could work with reference and beliefs, and wouldn't need meaning [Putnam]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

6270	The correct translation is the one that explains the speaker's behaviour [Putnam]

6283	Language maps the world in many ways (because it maps onto other languages in many ways) [Putnam]

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

6275	You can't say 'most speaker's beliefs are true'; in some areas this is not so, and you can't count beliefs [Putnam]