Ideas of Alexander Miller, by Theme

[British, fl. 1998, Taught at Birmingham University, then at Macquarie University, Sydney.]

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

7306	If the only property of a name was its reference, we couldn't explain bearerless names

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 2. Types of Scepticism

7322	Constitutive scepticism is about facts, and epistemological scepticism about our ability to know them

17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 2. Potential Behaviour

7325	Dispositions say what we will do, not what we ought to do, so can't explain normativity

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

7324	Explain meaning by propositional attitudes, or vice versa, or together?

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

7323	If truth is deflationary, sentence truth-conditions just need good declarative syntax

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 2. Analytic Truths

7315	'Jones is a married bachelor' does not have the logical form of a contradiction

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

7329	Maybe we should interpret speakers as intelligible, rather than speaking truth

7328	The principle of charity is holistic, saying we must hold most of someone's system of beliefs to be true

22. Metaethics / C. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

7333	The Frege-Geach problem is that I can discuss the wrongness of murder without disapproval