Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, George Berkeley and David E. Cooper
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
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Language is presumably for communication, and names stand for ideas [Berkeley]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
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I can meaningfully speculate that humans may have experiences currently impossible for us [Cooper,DE]
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The verification principle itself seems neither analytic nor verifiable [Cooper,DE]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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'How now brown cow?' is used for elocution, but this says nothing about its meaning [Cooper,DE]
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Most people know how to use the word "Amen", but they do not know what it means [Cooper,DE]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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Reference need not be a hit-or-miss affair [Cooper,DE]
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Any thesis about reference is also a thesis about what exists to be referred to [Cooper,DE]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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If predicates name things, that reduces every sentence to a mere list of names [Cooper,DE]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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I can't really go wrong if I stick to wordless thought [Berkeley]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths
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An analytic truth is one which becomes a logical truth when some synonyms have been replaced [Cooper,DE]
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