Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Eubulides, Hilary Putnam and Mark Sainsbury

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

2346	Meaning and translation (which are needed to define truth) both presuppose the notion of reference [Putnam]

6282	Theory of meaning presupposes theory of understanding and reference [Putnam]

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

6281	Truth conditions can't explain understanding a sentence, because that in turn needs explanation [Putnam]

6278	We should reject the view that truth is prior to meaning [Putnam]

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

2354	"Meaning is use" is not a definition of meaning [Putnam]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

2336	Holism seems to make fixed definition more or less impossible [Putnam]

2334	Meaning holism tried to show that you can't get fixed meanings built out of observation terms [Putnam]

2335	Understanding a sentence involves background knowledge and can't be done in isolation [Putnam]