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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

23646

Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

23645

A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]

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

6077	Semantics should not be based on set-membership, but on instantiation of properties in objects [McGinn]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 7. Extensional Semantics

6074	Clearly predicates have extensions (applicable objects), but are the extensions part of their meaning? [McGinn]

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]