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All the ideas for 'Philosophy of Language', 'What Does It All Mean?' and 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

7755	Singular terms refer, using proper names, definite descriptions, singular personal pronouns, demonstratives, etc. [Lycan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

7768	The truth conditions theory sees meaning as representation [Lycan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification

7766	Meaning must be known before we can consider verification [Lycan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

4001	The meaning of a word contains all its possible uses as well as its actual ones [Nagel]

7764	Could I successfully use an expression, without actually understanding it? [Lycan]

7763	It is hard to state a rule of use for a proper name [Lycan]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

7770	Truth conditions will come out the same for sentences with 'renate' or 'cordate' [Lycan]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

7773	A sentence's truth conditions is the set of possible worlds in which the sentence is true [Lycan]

7774	Possible worlds explain aspects of meaning neatly - entailment, for example, is the subset relation [Lycan]