Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Michael Novak and Timothy Williamson
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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You might know that the word 'gob' meant 'mouth', but not be competent to use it [Williamson]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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References to the 'greatest prime number' have no reference, but are meaningful [Williamson]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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The 't' and 'f' of formal semantics has no philosophical interest, and may not refer to true and false [Williamson]
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How does inferentialism distinguish the patterns of inference that are essential to meaning? [Williamson]
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Internalist inferentialism has trouble explaining how meaning and reference relate [Williamson]
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Inferentialist semantics relies on internal inference relations, not on external references [Williamson]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 7. Extensional Semantics
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Truth-conditional referential semantics is externalist, referring to worldly items [Williamson]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / b. Propositions as possible worlds
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It is known that there is a cognitive loss in identifying propositions with possible worlds [Williamson]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]
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