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Ideas for 'works', 'Reference and Necessity' and 'Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason'

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

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If you don't know what you say you can't mean it; what people say usually fits what they mean [Stalnaker]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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In the use of a name, many individuals are causally involved, but they aren't all the referent [Stalnaker]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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'Descriptive' semantics gives a system for a language; 'foundational' semantics give underlying facts [Stalnaker]

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

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To understand an utterance, you must understand what the world would be like if it is true [Stalnaker]

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

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The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]