10 ideas
6396 | A sentence is held true because of a combination of meaning and belief [Davidson] |
9916 | Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam] |
11145 | Having a belief involves the possibility of being mistaken [Davidson] |
6397 | The concept of belief can only derive from relationship to a speech community [Davidson] |
6392 | Thought depends on speech [Davidson] |
6393 | A creature doesn't think unless it interprets another's speech [Davidson] |
11144 | Concepts are only possible in a language community [Davidson] |
6395 | An understood sentence can be used for almost anything; it isn't language if it has only one use [Davidson] |
6394 | The pattern of sentences held true gives sentences their meaning [Davidson] |
21338 | I will even consider changing a meaning to save a law; I question the meaning-fact cleavage [Quine] |