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Ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'What Does It All Mean?' and 'Ordinary Objects'

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5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 6. Entailment

14471	Analytical entailments arise from combinations of meanings and inference rules [Thomasson]
	Full Idea: 'Analytically entail' means entail in virtue of the meanings of the expressions involved and rules of inference. So 'Jones bought a house' analytically entails 'Jones bought a building'.
	From: Amie L. Thomasson (Ordinary Objects [2007], 01.2)
	A reaction: Quine wouldn't like this, but it sounds OK to me. Thomasson uses this as a key tool in her claim that common sense objects must exist.