Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, Paul Boghossian and Ian Rumfitt
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions
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We understand conditionals, but disagree over their truth-conditions [Rumfitt]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role
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If meaning depends on conceptual role, what properties are needed to do the job? [Boghossian]
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'Conceptual role semantics' says terms have meaning from sentences and/or inferences [Boghossian]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy
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Could expressions have meaning, without two expressions possibly meaning the same? [Boghossian]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
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There are no truths in virtue of meaning, but there is knowability in virtue of understanding [Boghossian, by Jenkins]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
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Epistemological analyticity: grasp of meaning is justification; metaphysical: truth depends on meaning [Boghossian]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial
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The truth grounds for 'not A' are the possibilities incompatible with truth grounds for A [Rumfitt]
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We learn 'not' along with affirmation, by learning to either affirm or deny a sentence [Rumfitt]
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