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All the ideas for 'Things', 'Meaning' and ''Objectivity' in Social Sciences and Social Policy'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber]

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The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

7783	Bodies, properties, relations, events, numbers, sets and propositions are 'things' if they exist [Lowe]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

7751	Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice]

7752	Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice]

7753	We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice]