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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Speech acts, communication, representation and truth form a single theory [Harman]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy
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There is only similarity in meaning, never sameness in meaning [Harman]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity
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Ambiguity is when different underlying truth-conditional structures have the same surface form [Harman]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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Truth in a language is explained by how the structural elements of a sentence contribute to its truth conditions [Harman]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Sentences are different from propositions, since two sentences can express one proposition [Harman]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
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Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic
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The analytic/synthetic distinction is a silly division of thought into encyclopaedia and dictionary [Harman]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
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Many predicates totally resist translation, so a universal underlying structure to languages is unlikely [Harman]
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