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Full Idea
Many sentences set up dispositions which are irrelevant to the meanings of the sentences.
Gist of Idea
Many sentences set up dispositions which are irrelevant to the meanings of the sentences
Source
David E. Cooper (Philosophy and the Nature of Language [1973], §2.3)
Book Ref
Cooper,David E.: 'Philosophy and the Nature of Language' [Longman 1979], p.31
A Reaction
Yet another telling objection to behaviourism. When I look at broccoli I may have a disposition to be sick, but that isn't part of the concept of broccoli.