8 ideas
18776 | Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B] |
7332 | There is a huge range of sentences of which we do not know the logical form [Davidson] |
18774 | Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B] |
7772 | Compositionality explains how long sentences work, and truth conditions are the main compositional feature [Davidson, by Lycan] |
7327 | Davidson thinks Frege lacks an account of how words create sentence-meaning [Davidson, by Miller,A] |
7769 | You can state truth-conditions for "I am sick now" by relativising it to a speaker at a time [Davidson, by Lycan] |
6179 | Should we assume translation to define truth, or the other way around? [Blackburn on Davidson] |
5996 | Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA] |