Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Reality without Reference' and 'Epistemology Externalized'

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9 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

3448	Do new ideas increase the weight of the brain? [Dance]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

8872	It is widely supposed that externalism cannot be reconciled with first-person authority [Davidson]

8874	It is hard to interpret a speaker's actions if we take a broad view of the content [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

6387	A minimum requirement for a theory of meaning is that it include an account of truth [Davidson]

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

6391	A theory of truth tells us how communication by language is possible [Davidson]

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

6388	Is reference the key place where language and the world meet? [Davidson]

6390	With a holistic approach, we can give up reference in empirical theories of language [Davidson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

6389	To explain the reference of a name, you must explain its sentence-role, so reference can't be defined nonlinguistically [Davidson]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds

8873	The cause of a usage determines meaning, but why is the microstructure of water relevant? [Davidson]