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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

23289

Knowing the potential truth conditions of a sentence is necessary and sufficient for understanding [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

23290

It could be that the use of a sentence is explained by its truth conditions [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

8202	Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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A proposition is what can be asserted or denied on its own [Chrysippus]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

8201	The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine]